Just what are Facebook'ers thinking with Smiles?
There are lots of valid ways for Facebook friends to communicate with each other, but are smile, gift and cute animal requests going to help you stand out from the crowd?
It sure is cute, but I feel somewhat deluged - I just recently received five within a few hours of each other and two were from the same person within a couple of minutes!?!
These applications make it seemingly very easy to participate in social media, but let me be blunt -
It's too impersonal to make a meaningful interaction.
Let's face it if you have over 500 friends on Facebook (unless you are a genius at communicating) many of these people can be classed as acquaintances. If you are a real estate agent these acquaintances may or may not be future clients.
So will a cute doggy picture and an invitation to send something back create a relationship with an acquaintance that will lead to business or future referrals?
This begs the same question framed another way: "Are you more likely to do business with someone because they send you ridiculous Facebook gifts?"
I don't think so – AT ALL ..
In the offline world would you actually sent a cute doggy, or even a postcard of one to acquaintances and expect them to respond favorably?
I don't think so, so why do it on Facebook?
What's your view on this? Do you think I might be right? Or not?
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