Bored with Facebook ?


	Bored with Facebook ?

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2-23-2008 4:02 PM

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cooperation says:

Is the increasing usage of Facebook in the workplace a sign that the network is more and more used for career-oriented purposes or just a sign that people are also bored...with their job ?

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2f5e0911-b4c3-4111-b846-636aa43263ee/4BE99EBE-3599-41BB-8E5C-CD49B6A848A2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/02/22/is-facebook-doomed/" href="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/02/22/is-facebook-doomed/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smartmobs.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/02/22/is-facebook-doomed/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smartmobs.com/img/F699C4A1-61B0-4E69-BCED-9DE1885E82DE" alt="Smart Mobs" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/02/22/is-facebook-doomed/"><DIV class="entry-title">
		Is Facebook Doomed?
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	<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Always-On Panopticon...or Cooperation Amplifier" href="http://www.smartmobs.com/category/always-on-panopticonor-cooperation-amplifier/">Always-On Panopticon...or Cooperation Amplifier</A></LI></UL>
	</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/02/22/is-facebook-doomed/"><P>R<STRONG>obert Scoble</STRONG> just wrote a post that says his Facebook usage has been going down and he asks <A rel="bookmark" href="http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/22/is-facebook-doomed/">Is <EM><STRONG>Facebook doomed?</STRONG></EM></A><EM><STRONG>  </STRONG></EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/02/22/is-facebook-doomed/"><P><EM></EM>On the other hand, I did some research of my own using comScore MyMetrix and was able to see that Facebook and MySpace usage is down for home usage and at universities,<EM> but NOT  AT WORK</EM> - <EM><STRONG><A rel="bookmark" href="http://theanalyticsguru.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/facebook-traffic-is-leveling-off-other-social-networks-too-are-people-losing-interest/">Facebook Traffic is leveling off, at other Social Networks too - are people losing interest?</A></STRONG></EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartmobs.com/2008/02/22/is-facebook-doomed/"><P>But like I said over at <EM><STRONG><A href="http://theanalyticsguru.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/facebook-traffic-is-leveling-off-other-social-networks-too-are-people-losing-interest/">The Analytics Guru</A></STRONG></EM> -  Usage of Facebook and MySpace is sharply UP at work!  This comes from my own data pull right out of comScore:
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