Comments on: Three Quick Links http://www.netfornonprofits.org/2010/01/19/three-quick-links/ Using the Net for Non Profits Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:15:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sven Haertig http://www.netfornonprofits.org/2010/01/19/three-quick-links/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 Sven Haertig Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:45:43 +0000 http://www.netfornonprofits.org/?p=644#comment-2140 Interesting third link. But it somewhat implies (for lack of thorough discussion) that a facebook page in itself is already enough ... the trigger of political change. Such a way of presenting the "power of social media" is what makes people say "But that's so easy, it doesn't mean anything." Well, it does mean something: 200,000 people actually were interested and could potentially do more (now that they heard of it!) But surely not all of them are enough interested to really do more than clicking a button. Maybe someone could establish an equation: "power of facebook" = (fans - potential offline activists) x (follow-up by page administors). Cheers. Interesting third link. But it somewhat implies (for lack of thorough discussion) that a facebook page in itself is already enough … the trigger of political change.

Such a way of presenting the “power of social media” is what makes people say “But that’s so easy, it doesn’t mean anything.” Well, it does mean something: 200,000 people actually were interested and could potentially do more (now that they heard of it!)

But surely not all of them are enough interested to really do more than clicking a button. Maybe someone could establish an equation:
“power of facebook” = (fans – potential offline activists) x (follow-up by page administors).

Cheers.

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