[SixClub] Facebook

[Roger (K8RI)]

Randy Friend wrote:
> Facebook might be a passing fad - but it is another step in the evolution of online interconnection.  Young people use it intensely. 
>   
Young people, at least around here, are moving away from facebook.  Many 
of the "in crowd" think people are nuts for using it. It's a social 
networking system with far too much information being made public by the 
unknowing.
>  If we are to reach out to children and young adults to be interested in ham radio, we can't ignore things like Facebook - or Yahoo groups for that matter.
>  
>   
There are already ham groups on Yahoo Groups, but they, like those are 
like the ones on mailman.qth
> The National Weather Service has setup the ability to receive Weather TWEETS - in the hopes of enlisting youth in becoming SKYWARN members.  
>   
Twitter OTOH is an instant messaging system well suited for activities 
like SkyWarn. It's little different than most other IM systems except 
for profile.  It's a handy way of getting messages out.
> It would seem that setting up a Facebook page on the topic of 6m amateur radio is apropos - and would at least provide a reference to the topic and how to find others that might be interested.
>   
Twitter might be more appropriate. Depends on what you want to do. If 
you want to advertise ham radio, best be able to present it in a manner 
that will not turn the viewer off, rather than on.  It could easily come 
across as a bunch of overweight, old guys and their toys. You have to 
make it appealing to the target audience and that is not easy with a 
technical hobby.  The average person (young or old) doesn't want to 
learn new thing and particularly anything that takes study.

 When we wish to get the word out when the band is open and an instant 
messaging system could be ideal for that.

73

Roger (K8RI)
>  
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