Are You on Facebook?

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I know what you more mature readers are asking and saying right now

Facebook? Is this a joke? What college student has taken over SFN?

Well, this is not a joke.

After reading dozens of articles in the past year in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes, Fortune and other business magazines SFN (and some of our bloggers) have taken the plunge into another realm of cyberspace by opening Facebook profiles. We’ve been pretty amazed at all of the various ways that the tool can be used.

We think that Facebook provides SFN a natural extension of our community. Our new group page that should be accessible by clicking here allows for discussion boards, picture and video posting and other unique features (once you are approved for membership).

So, if you are are already on FB – or decide to open a new profile – then please search for our new group titled “State Fans Nation” or click here and request to join.

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35 Responses to Are You on Facebook?

  1. packpigskinfan23 04/21/2008 at 10:06 PM #

    nice!

  2. #44 17 24 04/21/2008 at 10:12 PM #

    Well I already have Statefansnation.com on my websites on my page…so i guess Im ahead of the game…sorta in a backwards way.

  3. StateFans 04/21/2008 at 10:14 PM #

    This is just the beginning.

    Will one of you guys try to join the group on FB so we can figure out how to approve requests to join?

    Thanks

  4. packpigskinfan23 04/21/2008 at 10:22 PM #

    Fire Lee Fowler and Lee Fowler Must Go are not the statefansnation group, but you should join just as well.

    Keep looking for the state fans nation group, its there… but you have to dig around a bit to find it.

  5. Flannel Avenger 04/21/2008 at 10:24 PM #

    I sent a request to join…

    Try searching for the contact e-mail for StateFansNation – [email protected] – and it should come up.

  6. StateFans 04/21/2008 at 10:25 PM #

    Don’t search for “StateFansNation”

    There are spaces in the spelling

    State Fans Nation

  8. Trip 04/21/2008 at 10:36 PM #

    Alright, sent a request just now. It is impossible to find unless you search by email address… which simply links to your Facebook account where I found the group you created.

  9. StateFans 04/21/2008 at 10:42 PM #

    It is set up for members to have to be approved. Not for open membership. Is there a way to allow people to invite others to join even under that limitation?

  10. Flannel Avenger 04/21/2008 at 10:45 PM #

    People should be able to click on the “Share +” link on the upper right hand part of the screen and send a message or a post about the group to their friends. Beyond that my knowledge wears thin.

  11. Todd 04/22/2008 at 6:56 AM #

    Why not myspace? Isn’t that bigger and more popular? Are there any real differences between them?

  12. StateFans 04/22/2008 at 7:01 AM #

    Myspace is much more ‘young’ and can’t help but turn off a larger portion of our readers than Facebook.

    FB has caught traction with the 30+ crowd as an acceptable place for business applications, social networking, as well as a place to mobilize for causes like neighborhood watches, etc.

    It just has a little more broad appeal

  13. coppertop 04/22/2008 at 7:12 AM #

    I tried searching for it with the spaces with no luck, but the direct link worked great…

  14. Sw0rdf1sh 04/22/2008 at 7:22 AM #

    I’ve been on Facebook for a while, and also use MySpace strictly for staying in touch with Friends…or in more times than not, finding the ones I haven’t seen in a while.

    LinkedIN is a similar approach, but aimed more for the career/networking minded. FB and MySpace both can have the same time of use, it’s all in the user and their intentions.

  15. Astral Rain 04/22/2008 at 7:34 AM #

    I can’t stand Facebook personally- too much spam.
    Most of the State Enginerring/CS types from the 90s tended to have LJ’s from my memory.

  16. RAWFS 04/22/2008 at 7:39 AM #

    We’re filtered out from Facebook here at the Corporacracy.

  17. BladenWolf 04/22/2008 at 8:22 AM #

    That’s my concern RAWFS.

    Some working environments (gasp) frown on visiting sites like FB amd MS during working hours and have filters to keep the masses heads down and the blinders on.

    I’ll keep SFN in my Favorites and try to stay in touch that way during the M-F daily ritual. Maybe I’ll try FB at home in the evenings and on the weekends.

    Just my two cents.

  18. StateFans 04/22/2008 at 8:23 AM #

    * I’m filtered from FB at work as well.

    * I don’t get any spam on FB, so that comment surprises me.

    * I use LinkedIn purely for professional reasons. It is a nice resource. FB allows for much more social interaction and I try to keep the two separate.

    * My interest in FB was piqued after reading tons and tons of articles in professional publications. I still didn’t take the plunge until a B-School buddy who is an VP at Goldman Sachs told me that they were actually using FB for a lot of business interaction.

  19. packpigskinfan23 04/22/2008 at 9:29 AM #

    I think the best thing about State Fans having a FB group is that not just mods can start a topic on facebook. This will allow some of us who might have a question or something to elaborate on the chance to do so. If the mods dont like it, they can delete it. This could also be a huge way to get the attention of more students.

  20. packof81 04/22/2008 at 10:25 AM #

    I set up a myspace page last fall to communicate with a band I had joined. That band didn’t work out. I started getting all kinds of come-ons from other myspace members. That was kinda strange. I wanted to set up a music page where I put old jazz standards I had worked up but myspace said they prohibited cover tunes (even 50+ year old cover tunes). I have since seen others posting newer cover tunes on myspace. So their ban on copyrighted material is not consistently enforced. I was turned off by the whole Mickey Mouse vibe and didn’t much like the idea of putting a bunch of personal information out there. I decided no good would come of that and deleted the account.

    Call me a fuddyduddy or a stick-in-the-mud but I don’t much care for this social networking stuff. As some have discovered, there are some downsides to it.

  21. StateFans 04/22/2008 at 12:28 PM #

    ^ I like the comment “Micky Mouse vibe”

  22. GAWolf 04/22/2008 at 1:20 PM #

    One should never say never in life, but I’m pretty sure I’ll NEVER use facebooks and the like. I don’t even have an ebay account.

    It will sadden me greatly if this blog community begins to slip because everyone is discussing topics more on facebook rather than here.

  23. Todd 04/22/2008 at 2:37 PM #

    ^ i worry bout that too. THIS is a GREAT site.

  24. packpigskinfan23 04/22/2008 at 3:02 PM #

    dont worry… facebook is limited in its ability to “blog”

  25. GoldenChain 04/22/2008 at 3:12 PM #

    “I don’t even have an ebay account.”
    GA, I’m freakin’ 50 and I buy stuff over there. In fact I just bought a NCAA08 XBox game (for #3 son) and had a problem and got a refund through PayPal.
    You can find s*(stuff) over there that you can’t find anywhere else on earth. That’s almost a Luddite approach man.

    Yeah, facebook is more of a ‘party line’ for college students but I don’t think it could ever replace the thinking man’s blog (there are already outlets for that, say like PackPride and I(diot) C(entral)).

    The biggest problem with facebook is most college students post too much personal info on their profiles (especially a problem for females). Son #2 who is a senior in engineering started getting texts messages from some guy in the Midwest because he posted his cell# and too much personal info.
    Had to get his number changed because of it.

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