Let's take the Facebook plunge

A subject dear to my recent postings in this morning's Media Guardian as the paper's Andrew Mickel looks at the profiles of 1o prominent people on Facebook.



We are told by the likes of people such as Richard Sambrook that he uses it get all his media news.


Amongst those who have signed up are political blogger Iain Dale who so far has 550 friends,8 photos and 95 groups,Polly Billington who says

"This is to keep in touch rather than to get scoops, and
it's quite disappointing how the political groups work" and continues

18 Doughty Street is holding a much better conversation, using their Facebook page to draw people to their content, which is more discursive than the online leaflet approach that you see with the Labour deputy leader groups, for example. I wouldn't say it's given me any top lines, but it gives you a sense of what's going on. I'm a member of Free Alan Johnston and Feral Beasts of the Media for myself, but I'm also a member of ConservativeHome and the Fabian Society for work."

and Matthew d'Ancona who

only signed up earlier this week. I signed up by accident -
my wife had signed up and I wanted to write something nice about her, and before
I realised it I was a full member."

Anyway I am going to take the plunge as suggested by Adrian
Monck after an earlier posting and see what all the fuss is about