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Anti-Social Networking

posted Oct 16, 2011 4:51pmred flags + roadblocks

I've been seeing more and more ads in print and on billboards with facebook and twitter icons in them.

If you actually use facebook and twitter you know that you need a link, a hashtag or an account name to actually _find_ your info on facebook or twitter without a lot of trial and error. Would anyone put an icon of a telephone in their ad without listing the phone number? This is the social equivalent of Where's Waldo. Don't make it difficult for people to find your accounts or pages, put your link in there.