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Tip of the Day: Facebook is a waste of time

November 10th, 2007, 2:00 am · 1 Comment · posted by Jan Norman, small-business columnist

Today’s tip is from Roger Anderson, Yorba Linda consultant and author of “Maps for Modern Magellans.”

“I got an e-mail from Facebook. It seems a friend posted a question. The e-mail did not say what the question was, but since it was from a friend, it would be rude not to answer.  Thanks to Facebook’s format everyone would know if I did not answer.

“So, I visited, answered the unimportant question, and was left to think: Is there anything in my life that is a bigger waste of time than Facebook?

“Now that Google will be opening the social media standard rush so that people no longer have to create a new identity for every site, I can sign up to waste more time on more sites!  Wasn’t the Microsoft/MSN “Wallet/Passport/LiveID” supposed to do this?”

Send your tips, resources and strategies to me at jnorman@ocregister.com. If I use one, I’ll use your name, company and Web site.

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One Response to “Tip of the Day: Facebook is a waste of time”

  1. overpriced designer man bag Says:
    November 10th, 2007 at 6:39 am

    Facebook originally started as a social networking site for Ivy League college students to post pictures of drunken soirées. I don’t understand why working professionals would join Facebook in the first place. It really doesn’t serve them in any way.
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