Thursday, April 30, 2009

"How I Learned to Stop (Hating) & Love the (Facebook)"

Today, I was crazy busy preparing a mailing for six volunteers who are going to help me fold, stuff and stamp Season of Concern's first Spring Fundraising Letter. 

And I owe it all to Facebook.

Yes, after Eric McCool created a Season of Concern fan page on Facebook and then created an "event" to help us secure volunteers for tomorrow's mailing, I understood why people like Facebook. How helpful it can be to promote events or an organization's needs.

Now, I'm not in love with it yet, but I am getting there. I changed my profile picture on Facebook yesterday. And I even wrote a status message. 

This of course means that, if you love Facebook, you should be frightened and if you dislike Facebook, you should be elated. 

Because by the time I fully become a part of a social movement or trend, that trend's days are numbered. 

I have a long history of this - - from 8-track tapes to Betamax, from parachute pants to Z Cavaricci's...

Headbands... Leg warmers... Hell, I didn't even listen to Olivia Newton-John with any regularity until she released Twist of Fate for God's sake...

I don't follow fads, I finish them.

That said, how much will you pay me to join Twitter?

6 comments:

Mike Maloney said...

You should join Twitter, your one liners would be highly amusing.

jer said...

i have to admit that i saw your status update and i got nervous...

Mark in DE said...

I resisted FB for quite a while too, but finally 'saw the light' and realized what you did: how easy it is to stay connected with friends and promote events. I'll look for you!

Mike Ellis, The Jolly Reprobate said...

Honey, if your superpower truly includes being able to kill a fad, then to Hell with Twitter: let's get you watching Fox News.

cb said...

Oh, twitter is just a matter of time now. "I'll bide my time, my pretty..."

Scooter said...

Hey Bro (from different parents),
I just started getting into FB. Kinda fun. We need to link up. That being said, I LOLed when I saw ONJ. I had to do a little work, (VERY LITTLE WORK) to the photo and had to post it. Come visit Scootersville. :)

-Scott

Ps. I twittered (or is that twutted) for a week, drove me nuts and I quit. Even with my ADD and OCD, I just couldn't do it!