Comments on: The Death of a Social Networking Profile http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Facebook Re-Visited: Segmenting Appropriately and Strategically - ChurchCrunch http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42790 Facebook Re-Visited: Segmenting Appropriately and Strategically - ChurchCrunch Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:52:40 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42790 [...] Michael for taking the time to blog about it and take a new perspective. It may even bring some people back from the “dead”. [...] [...] Michael for taking the time to blog about it and take a new perspective. It may even bring some people back from the “dead”. [...]

]]> By: Why I Will Never Delete My Facebook Account - ChurchCrunch http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42789 Why I Will Never Delete My Facebook Account - ChurchCrunch Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:30:23 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42789 [...] I’ve written in the past before, I have definitely thought about shutting down a number of my Social Networking profiles. [...] [...] I’ve written in the past before, I have definitely thought about shutting down a number of my Social Networking profiles. [...]

]]> By: Jim http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42788 Jim Wed, 27 May 2009 21:19:47 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42788 I'll keep them for now. I'll keep them for now.

]]> By: How Much Ministry DOESN’T Get Done Thanks to Social Networks? - ChurchCrunch http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42787 How Much Ministry DOESN’T Get Done Thanks to Social Networks? - ChurchCrunch Wed, 27 May 2009 14:49:48 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42787 [...] good parallel question that came up in my mind after the last conversation surrounding Anne Jackson’s close of her Facebook profile is the honest-to-God truth about how much time is actually wasted due to overuse of Social [...] [...] good parallel question that came up in my mind after the last conversation surrounding Anne Jackson’s close of her Facebook profile is the honest-to-God truth about how much time is actually wasted due to overuse of Social [...]

]]> By: Graham Brenna http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42786 Graham Brenna Wed, 27 May 2009 12:04:52 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42786 Killed MySpace years ago... I login to FB maybe once a day. I'll comment on my friend's statuses... usually via Seesmic Desktop now though. My FB is pretty automated... by that I mean that my blog posts automatically get pulled through. Whatever videos I upload or favorite on YouTube get 'huzzah'd' on my FB. My Flickr photos also get pimped... I really only keep it so I can keep up with the highschoolers in my church that I mentor and chaperone trips for. It's been a valuable communication tool for me when it comes to connecting with them. I'm also seeing more and more 'adults' in my church join up... that has been cool to comment back and forth with them on things I post. So while I use it to push my own stuff... (after all it is MY facebook page)... I do get valuable feedback from people within my church community and some great discussion has arose because of it. Killed MySpace years ago… I login to FB maybe once a day. I'll comment on my friend's statuses… usually via Seesmic Desktop now though. My FB is pretty automated… by that I mean that my blog posts automatically get pulled through. Whatever videos I upload or favorite on YouTube get 'huzzah'd' on my FB. My Flickr photos also get pimped… I really only keep it so I can keep up with the highschoolers in my church that I mentor and chaperone trips for. It's been a valuable communication tool for me when it comes to connecting with them. I'm also seeing more and more 'adults' in my church join up… that has been cool to comment back and forth with them on things I post.

So while I use it to push my own stuff… (after all it is MY facebook page)… I do get valuable feedback from people within my church community and some great discussion has arose because of it.

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42785 human3rror Wed, 27 May 2009 04:37:04 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42785 yes, sometimes we must...! yes, sometimes we must…!

]]> By: Adam_S http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42784 Adam_S Wed, 27 May 2009 04:34:04 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42784 I had a much stronger comment that I tried to post from my phone earlier today but it didn't go through. That is probably good. But I do think that we need to tread carefully in this discussion. I understand Anne and several other people's reasons for deleting facebook or whatever you are deleting. For them it is not the technology that is bad or the social media-ness that is bad, it is the fact that they see that activity becoming an idol. It is something that is between them and God. I am all for people getting rid of whatever is between them and God. (As long as it is really between them and God and not just and excuse.) There are other voices out there that are deleting because it is a cool thing to do, or because their utilitarian decisions to not continue with an activity that no longer has any value. I don't use myspace, even though I have an account, because I don't use myspace. I never had a bunch of friends on there, it never had any value for me. If I delete my account there it means nothing to me. So we should not assign spiritual value to that act. For Anne there is spiritual value, for me deleting a myspace account, there is absolutely no spiritual value. We need to be careful in what we claim spiritual value for. Spiritual value is obedience to God. Activities outside of direct obedience, are just activities, not necessarily good or bad, but not spiritual. So delete away that linked in account that you haven't used in two years. Just remember that it isn't a special service to God. I had a much stronger comment that I tried to post from my phone earlier today but it didn't go through. That is probably good. But I do think that we need to tread carefully in this discussion. I understand Anne and several other people's reasons for deleting facebook or whatever you are deleting. For them it is not the technology that is bad or the social media-ness that is bad, it is the fact that they see that activity becoming an idol. It is something that is between them and God. I am all for people getting rid of whatever is between them and God. (As long as it is really between them and God and not just and excuse.)

There are other voices out there that are deleting because it is a cool thing to do, or because their utilitarian decisions to not continue with an activity that no longer has any value. I don't use myspace, even though I have an account, because I don't use myspace. I never had a bunch of friends on there, it never had any value for me. If I delete my account there it means nothing to me. So we should not assign spiritual value to that act. For Anne there is spiritual value, for me deleting a myspace account, there is absolutely no spiritual value.

We need to be careful in what we claim spiritual value for. Spiritual value is obedience to God. Activities outside of direct obedience, are just activities, not necessarily good or bad, but not spiritual. So delete away that linked in account that you haven't used in two years. Just remember that it isn't a special service to God.

]]> By: Mikes http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42783 Mikes Wed, 27 May 2009 04:23:21 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42783 I have deleted a blog! My first blog. I'd loved it and it hurt when I did but oh well it was for good. that's the key, we delete things for good of something. I have deleted a blog! My first blog. I'd loved it and it hurt when I did but oh well it was for good. that's the key, we delete things for good of something.

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42782 human3rror Wed, 27 May 2009 01:56:05 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42782 Anne,<br /><br />Thanks for chiming in! I think you're perspective is right on. I wish more people were honest with themselves about it.<br /><br />word up sis. Anne,

Thanks for chiming in! I think you're perspective is right on. I wish more people were honest with themselves about it.

word up sis.

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42781 human3rror Wed, 27 May 2009 01:55:06 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/2009/05/26/the-death-of-a-social-networking-profile/#comment-42781 ah.. same thing...? ah.. same thing…?

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