I’m with Don Simon on this one, I don’t post up much, apart from photos for my friends to see, but it’s a great way to keep up with scattered friends and family.
It’s also become my default source of info from a great many people in music, literature and arts, which was always a struggle on MySpace, but is very easy to use on Fb. MySpace shot itself in the ass by sticking with Flash when most of its customer base were using mobile devices which don’t handle Flash. On Fb it’s dead easy for musicians to post up music from Soundcloud and Bandcamp, and for fans to communicate directly with the artist.
I discovered a great local band at a little festival last weekend, and went onto their Fb site, where a link took me to their Bandcamp page where I could download and play tracks from their new EP.
Yes, I could get it from iTunes, but from their Fb/Bandcamp page I could, and did, download a FLACK or ALAC (Apple Lossless) file, five tracks for three quid.
After watching the new video I asked on Fb where it was filmed, as parts looked like Savernake Forest. A very quick reply said it was, and other shots of the band were at Wroughton Airfield, which is what I suspected.
I have no private details on Fb, and neither does anyone I know, because we’re not stupid.
It’s a convenient communication tool, that’s all it is..