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Should Lawyer's Use Facebook?

A friend recently asked with the advent of social networking, whether he should be on Facebook and what good is it? Here's an example of the power of social networking from Seth Godin's Blog.

The flipside? A friend got into college last week. The university gave her a list of the kids from our state who also got in. Within 24 hours, they were all friends. ALL of them! They knew who knew who, what they looked like, what their histories were. Facebook to the rescue. A new network built on the old network within minutes. By the time September rolls around, they won't need college, they'll need a reunion.

Neat stuff, but as Seth points out, the older generation doesn’t use the social networking to the same degree as the younger generation. So is it worth it to establish an acccount on Facebook? Probably, yes. Will you get the same out of it as a younger ‘tuned in’ attorney? Definitely not.

Sadly, even for a gadget freak like me, I’m part of the older generation that does not MySpace, Facebook or even text message (I send full e-mails). I’m part of the older generation.

Full post as published by South Carolina Trial Law Blog on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).