Even after my exposure to all the other things in this course, I find I still can't come to grips with social networking. Maybe it is an age thing? I just can't see the point in telling the whole world about yourself and collecting as many "friends" as possible.
I can see the point though in places like libraries getting themselves out there where the people are. I thought some of the comments on the Rotorua Library site were interesting - quite a few people expressed surprise that a library would have a presence in Bebo and they found it amusing to become a "friend". So maybe there is a whole new group of people out there that we could attract.
All my previous comments apply to "Second Life" as well. I really worry about this artificial environment becoming more real to some people than the world they actually live in. But again, if people are there, then I guess libraries need to be there too.
I can't see much of a role for our library in social networking, at least not at the present time. Who knows what the future may hold?
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