[LINK] USDAFoodSafety is using Twitter.

[Rick Welykochy]

Stilgherrian wrote:

> I find this interesting. I think it confuses the activity (staying in  
> touch with the people and organisations which matter to you) with the  
> tool (social networking, Twitter etc).

Point well taken!

[SNIP]

> That specific  
> messaging service may or may not be relevant in a year, or two, or  
> five, or ten, or fifty.

This is a circumstance not yet considered by many, IMHO. Think
corporate and government. Think using Facebook to serve legal notices.
Think using using Twitter for USDA food safety education.

Facebook and Twitter and the like are corporate entities, entities
that have demonstrated a lifespan of under five years on the 'Net
(my own estimate). Let's call these Websource applications.

Whatever the lifespans, what happens when client-of-Facebook can
no longer find or use the facebook website? Outsourcing looks
glamorous by comparison.


Inhouse: a great way to produce quality and keep your knowledge


Outsource: a mediocre way to produce quality and great way to lose your knowledge


Websource1: a great way to eschew quality and have no content you control

Websource2: a great way to lose everything when the administrators arrive



cheers
rick





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