QuakerQuaker on Facebook

Always a step behind Wess, I started a Quak­erQuaker “Page” over on Face­book. Noth­ing there yet but it could be a place for read­ers to com­ment and for me to toss out ideas for future directions.

I’ve per­son­ally found that the orga­niz­ing poten­tial of Face­book isn’t nearly as inter­est­ing as it seems at first blush. Groups are con­stantly cre­ated, joined in a mad rush, then left to decay a slow death of unan­swered dis­cus­sions. FB is a good place to chat with friends and there’s a cer­tain thrill of the ephemeral to learn that an acquain­tance you haven’t talked to in years is in Tus­con this week­end enjoy­ing a spicy Thai chicken. But per­haps a Face­book Group (or “Page,” as this tech­ni­cally is) will be a good forum for a some­what estab­lished network.