Comments on: Facebook critique stretches credulity

By: The escalating ban-Facebook hype : NevilleHobson.com

The escalating ban-Facebook hype : NevilleHobson.com — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:01:53 +0000

[...] extrapolated numbers are even less credible than the Aussie report recently which said Facebook costs Australian businesses A$5 billion (about £2 billion) in lost [...]

By: Unions call for workplace guidelines for Facebook : NevilleHobson.com

Unions call for workplace guidelines for Facebook : NevilleHobson.com — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:45:50 +0000

[...] Facebook critique stretches credulity [...]

By: neville

neville — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:05:11 +0000

Francis, I’ve not yet seen any such research, just the negative-focus of mainstream media reporting. But someone surely must be doing such research.

It got a lot of people talking, Mike.

Thanks for that link, Sam. I’d love to be there but can’t due to another commitment. Hoping you’ll twitter it

Steve, such publicity isn’t stopping the sign up growth for Facebook. So in that sense, I’m sure Facebook are quite happy with the attention at the moment.

By: Social Media Top 10 - Week 2 by The Bryper Blog

Social Media Top 10 - Week 2 by The Bryper Blog — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:10:15 +0000

[...] If Facebook costing companies millions in lost productivity? Well, of course not, but it’s a fun angle for the media to play up [...]

By: Don’t just ban Facebook, provide guidance : NevilleHobson.com

Don’t just ban Facebook, provide guidance : NevilleHobson.com — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:08:26 +0000

[...] report from Australia this week said Facebook costs Australian businesses AUS$5 billion a year in lost [...]

By: Steve Jay

Steve Jay — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:04:24 +0000

Neville,

What’s your view on the old adage…’No such thing as bad publicity’.

I doubt Facebook are that upset by all the attention!

By: Sam Grant

Sam Grant — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:33:28 +0000

For those who are interested, there’s an opportunity to discuss this hot topic at ‘The Great Facebook Debate’ on Wednesday, October 17 from 4:30pm-9pm at the BT Centre, London UK. There are a few tickets left.

For speakers and more details visit:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4063183699&ref=mf

By: Mike Keliher

Mike Keliher — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:17:17 +0000

This strikes me as little more than lazy journalism. SurfControl crunched some numbers and the “analysis” got reported. But it’s obviously a most crude generalization — all time spent on Facebook is wasted time in the employers’ eyes. I know it’s not an Australian company, but do you think the folks at PodTech consider the time Scoble spends on Facebook to be a waste? How about politicians running for office? How about the people at SHIFT Communications? All seem to be using Facebook as if it provided business value.

By: Francis Wooby

Francis Wooby — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:20:21 +0000

Is anyone aware of efforts to measure business benefits of Facebook? Are there at least any ballpark guesses about new business it may have generated, competitive insights it’s provided, new employees/strategic partners that came by way of Facebook, etc.?

By: Phil's Blogservations

Phil's Blogservations — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:27:21 +0000

Neville, Facebook, Australia, Coffee…

If people applied these methodologies to the average office coffeepot, they’ll probably discover that the humble appliance results in six figures worth of lost productivity on a per-company, per-annum basis….