Comments on: Facebook: Most companies are using it wrong

By: Susan A

Susan A — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:29:44 +0000

I’m in the procees of launching two new Facebook sites for my employer: a “Fan Page” (anyone can join) which will be administered by the Marketing Department and a “Group Page” (requires approval to join) for our employees. Only the adminsitrators can post to these pages.

HR will administer the group page, which will be used as an additional general communication tool. Links to our health plan provider list, 401(k) Plan and CDC’s Pandemic Preparedness site are currently included. We’ll be posting announcements of general interest to the employees (birthdays, new business, benefit enrollments, awards, promotions, etc.) and photos of company events.

In our manufacturing environment the majority of our people do not have internet access while on the job, so they would visit the page from home. I honestly don’t see a down side.

By: Karen Lynn

Karen Lynn — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:05:13 +0000

What do you think about an employee, who is a candidate for a job in the HR department, posts information regarding the stages of the selection process, when the 2nd interview is held, when they are notified of their selection, and the fact that they finally got the job they were waiting for, and the salary increase? Is this a sign of poor judgement for a potential HR professional?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:10:14 +0000

Facebook and myspace are social toilets and should be blocked by all but the Marketing folks who might be using it to sell products or services.

Sites such as LinkedIn cater to professionals, and are less likely to allow casual / NSFW content.

In addition, people present themselves differently in different circumstances. Facebook and Myspace are for presenting yourself personally, while LinkedIn and Plaxo are for presenting yourself professionally — these two facets may be totally different.

As a final nail in the coffin, “facebook apps” are the new attack vector for malware, spyware, and social engineering attacks — the last thing you need is for this to be happening INSIDE your network perimeter.

By: Yalan McCowski

Yalan McCowski — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:46:04 +0000

One thing completely overlooked here are the network security vulnerabilities these sites often pose. Facebook and MySpace are the targets of relentless attack by hackers, and have been compromised on several occasions serving up spyware and viruses through their websites to infect browsing users. These sites take a risk by trying to keep their websites flashy with embedded objects among other things which are constantly being exploited every day. For many IT managers, it’s simply not worth the risk allowing employee’s to visit such a minefield of disaster.

By: gavinz_dad

gavinz_dad — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:44:02 +0000

I reconnected with a high school classmate after 16 years. Turns out, she’s a CFO of a hospital now. I signed her as a client and we have a new $630,000 client because of Facebook. My boss loves social networking!
Also, LinkedIn has been a huge boon for publicity. Not to mention, again, I’ve been able to reconnect with old friends, fraternity brothers and former colleagues. All professionals who represent potential clients now.
I think it has huge potential, if used correctly.

By: Richard Getz

Richard Getz — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:59:04 +0000

Interesting post. We just go onto Facebook ourselves and some of these questions have come to the top.

4-7) I do not see how a company can enforce this on a privet blog.

I would like more feedback as to how this is working for people in the real word. Do people find that social networking is increasing company awareness?

For myself, I can say i like the SN aspect of a company. I am vacationing in San Diego next week and contacted Knott’s on their Facebook to see what was going on that week. But I am a techie, so I would think it is cool. How about others? What do you think, or have found through experience?

Richard

http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Castle-DE/Furniture-Barn/145096406480