Facebook or Email: Give up one.

I did give up FaceBook several weeks ago. http://blogs.forbes.com/richardstiennon/2011/05/05/goodbye-facebook-i-am-goin...

The risk of embarrassing click jacking or infection was too great. The only way I get malware today is if I trust a link posted by a security person. Two well respected security people posted links in one week. That scared me. My only defense is to be alert and smart enough to avoid clicking. I have non-alert phases (pretty much anytime before 10:00 AM).

So far being a non-FaceBooker has been a windfall in productivity. Sure I am out of touch with popular culture. But I have re-launched my business website (IT-Harvest.com), kicked off a new series of videos, and taken a week off to write a book. Life is good without FaceBook. :-)

Facebook - I can live without the knowledge that my high school classmate just spent a week in some place that I really don't care about.

I'd give up Facebook - hands down! I don't use Facebook to email my customers. :D

Business: Facebook, and even LinkedIN. A very small % of opportunities come through either medium.

Personal: E-mail. FB Messaging has replaced most of e-mail in my personal life.

I would give up Facebook without a doubt. I only go on Facebook once or twice a week as it is and I I can stay connected with most of my colleagues and friends on gmail (Through Gchat). Plus add work email into the mix and there is simply no question that my Facebook profile would be deleted first.

I'd give up Facebook for sure. Just don't use it that much anymore, it's become a glorified picture sharing/storing album for me now.

I would give up Facebook. To be honest, I don't really know why... It just seems like the right thing to do.

Please. I'd drop facebook in a second. The problem with using facebook as your primary medium for communicating is that there's too much noise. It'd be too inefficient. You'd log in to work through your emails and you'd be distracted by all the trash streaming through your news feed.

Send me an email at xtran9 (gmail.com) anytime you like. Dont waste my time with Facebook

Easy... email. Less spam on FB.

Easy. I'd give up Facebook and keep email. Can't do my job without it. Period.

I would give up Facebook. I kind of already have.

I will give up facebook for many reasons:

1. I don't think all of my friends are using facebook
2. I don't lose anything at all
3. I have plenty of options such as MySpace, LinkedIn, Xing, Plaxo, Hi5, Twitter etc.

I will not stop using email for hundreds of reasons and as a marketing professional you can understand what I'm talking about.....

Twitter is a place where you can like people you have never met, Facebook is where you learn to detest people you have known all your life.

While I use both, I would give up facebook without hesitation. E-mail is a relatively simple, effective communications medium. Facebook, to me anyway, is just broadcast that people occasionally reply to accompanied with other features that are just a waste of time.

I would definitely give up Facebook. I rarely use it anymore as it is. It would be interesting to see what people would say if this was Twitter vs. Email.

Facebook. Not even close.

I gave up Facebook months ago and haven't missed a minute of it.

But the choice isn't really fairly phrased.

One is a company that has a legacy of bad product design with weak security and irresponsible privacy risk and the other is a communication method.

It's like asking "Ford Pinto or walking: give up one".

I would import my email list to Facebook and send all of them friendship request and give up email for year :).
This way, I will get the best of both worlds: I will stay in touch with my list in a fun, interactive way and will have a chance to build new connections and boost my brand awareness through my Facebook page.
People have been turning their Facebook pages into branding and viral marketing machines. Why would anyone give up on that? Here are some staggering examples:
http://garious.com/blog/2010/11/see-how-some-big-players-took-their-facebook-...
http://ezinearticles.com/?Unusual-Tips-That-Will-Turn-Your-Facebook-Page-Into...

Personally - I'd give up Facebook no question. I would have a long time ago although now I'm also using it for business so feel 'trapped' there. I don't like that it's a silo, and my wall has slowly turned into a barrage of messages from companies I don't care to hear about on a daily basis. (Yes, I can hide the messages but they are business connections so I feel I need to keep abreast of what they’re doing.) If anything, I'd love to slim it down to only my closest friends & family – somewhere along the lines it lost this – and became less valuable to me personally. I appreciate it much more when someone takes the time to actually write me an email.

Professionally – I’d give up the corporate Facebook pages; but stick with Facebook advertising campaigns for awhile as you can’t deny the number of people on Facebook everyday. The targeted ads can bring value. If it was a choice between Facebook & email – at this point email would win for me as I’m not sure of our ROI from Facebook – its nice to have but not a necessity at this point. Of course, it’s good to make sure you have a social sharing function in your email; that way you get the best of both worlds. People can then share your message out to their social networks, including Facebook.

I actually use Facebook more than my traditional email now (even have clients e-mail me through Facebook messages) - so I would have to say that I would give up email.

Facebook for me is too powerful of a marketing tool now, if I wasn't running a business - I probably wouldn't care a ton about Facebook (I don't use it much for personal stuff).

Ryan
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