Don't even think about it - Facebook at work
Are social websites a major damper to productivity? A new report finds that 233 millions hours are lost to Internet networking every month.
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September 21, 2007
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Another report finds that graduate students spend hours each week reading blogs and following politics rather than finishing their dissertations.
Posted by: CG | Sep 21, 2007 7:45:46 PM
That's nonsense. Those estimates imply that facebook is a substitute for working -- it's not. Facebook is a substitute for other time-wasting measures. You ban Facebook, workers will waste time in another manner -- such as posting on blogs.
Posted by: DRDR | Sep 24, 2007 8:45:04 AM
i'm too old to be a devotee of social utilities like facebook. however, the "concern" over its use points out how clueless the ruling class is -- as clueless as many till are about telecommuting, i would imagine. once we get past the "it's a techie thing" or "only kids use it," perhaps we might try to harness the obvious power this and other tools have to connect, share knowledge, and facilitate social networking.
Posted by: spook | Sep 24, 2007 10:26:06 AM
Well said Spook!
Posted by: Development Crossing | Sep 30, 2007 6:07:31 AM
so the workers spend time on facebook? i totally agree that its just a wasting time mechanism. Noone usually leaves their work and just facebooks, unless their work is never checked!
I work and I end up facebooking when i need a break, or on days I dont have work. There are weeks I would end up logging into facebook in the morn and logging out in the afternoon without spending anytime on it.
If there are wasting time people in the office, im sure they'll be doing that next to the coffee machine instead of at the desk :)
So really, facebook aint the culprit, if work isn't being done it's just the person himself.
Posted by: opinion | Oct 11, 2007 2:59:27 AM