http://epicdialogue.com/blog/2009/01/23/facebook-angry-whoppers-and-the-future-of-social-media-where-does-the-church-fit-into-the-social-media-scene/ richard hamilton: youth worker. blogger. futurist. geek. father. sojourn. community organizer. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:15:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://epicdialogue.com/blog/2009/01/23/facebook-angry-whoppers-and-the-future-of-social-media-where-does-the-church-fit-into-the-social-media-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-629 #MHC The Church That Twitters | epicdialogue.com Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:01:10 +0000 http://epicdialogue.com/blog/?p=351#comment-629 [...] Church That Twitters ?Churches and social medial have been the topic of a few posts recently (Facebook, Angry Whoppers, and the Future of Social Media on January 23, and The Spiritual Discipline of Twittering). It is a subject of great interest to [...] [...] Church That Twitters ?Churches and social medial have been the topic of a few posts recently (Facebook, Angry Whoppers, and the Future of Social Media on January 23, and The Spiritual Discipline of Twittering). It is a subject of great interest to [...]

]]> http://epicdialogue.com/blog/2009/01/23/facebook-angry-whoppers-and-the-future-of-social-media-where-does-the-church-fit-into-the-social-media-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Rob Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:17:17 +0000 http://epicdialogue.com/blog/?p=351#comment-336 I think if there are people (in the congregation) who are in to the social networking scene, it's good to have a connection made. I find it annoying when advertising seems to dominate the scene, however. That's one of the reasons I moved away from Myspace, and why I find Facebook and Twitter to be appealing. I'm fine with them having advertisements, I just don't like it when they start to define the experience. I lump in churches with that when they use social networking for marketing. I'm more than cool with someone I have a relationship with saying they look forward to an event, but I don't necessarily want my inbox and comments section cluttered with advertisement spam from anybody. I just ate a whopper. But it was a nice one. I think if there are people (in the congregation) who are in to the social networking scene, it’s good to have a connection made. I find it annoying when advertising seems to dominate the scene, however. That’s one of the reasons I moved away from Myspace, and why I find Facebook and Twitter to be appealing. I’m fine with them having advertisements, I just don’t like it when they start to define the experience. I lump in churches with that when they use social networking for marketing. I’m more than cool with someone I have a relationship with saying they look forward to an event, but I don’t necessarily want my inbox and comments section cluttered with advertisement spam from anybody.
I just ate a whopper. But it was a nice one.

]]> http://epicdialogue.com/blog/2009/01/23/facebook-angry-whoppers-and-the-future-of-social-media-where-does-the-church-fit-into-the-social-media-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-335 David K. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:38:38 +0000 http://epicdialogue.com/blog/?p=351#comment-335 It is better to follow around "big game" (i.e. myspace, facebook, etc) then to create "lab rats" in your basement (i.e. Godspace, etc). You may not know what the next trend will be until it is in place and half-way out the door, but your home-grown church version of this trend will never be a trend, not to mention, even if you got your youth group into it, it wouldn't have the potential to reach their friends outside the church like facebook or myspace. The whole social network trend is funny cause if you were to ask me what Xanga was, my 1st reply would probably be a herbal supplement... and to this day I could not tell you it this site was more like myspace, blogger, or picassa... But trends come and go It is better to follow around “big game” (i.e. myspace, facebook, etc) then to create “lab rats” in your basement (i.e. Godspace, etc). You may not know what the next trend will be until it is in place and half-way out the door, but your home-grown church version of this trend will never be a trend, not to mention, even if you got your youth group into it, it wouldn’t have the potential to reach their friends outside the church like facebook or myspace. The whole social network trend is funny cause if you were to ask me what Xanga was, my 1st reply would probably be a herbal supplement… and to this day I could not tell you it this site was more like myspace, blogger, or picassa…
But trends come and go

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