News Flash: Social Networks Are About Connecting People: Tech News « - 1 views
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brooke s on 28 Sep 10"This weekend saw a number of prominent technology observers questioning the value of social networks, including This Week in Tech host Leo Laporte, who penned a thoughtful post on why he's leaving Google Buzz behind. Laporte said he feels that his last four years of social networking use have been an "an immense waste of time," but I think he and others are missing the larger point. Too many people seem to be trying to use social networks for media and marketing activities instead of the core reason such networks exist: namely, to connect people."