What could social activists use Facebook groups for?
Pretty much the gamut of activities described above plus stuff other people are into but I don’t really do like dating etc. Groups with social-change goals could usefully do this sort of thing: • Announce events (Facebook can distribute these to the group with an electronic RSVP and you can set it ‘open’ (anyone can invite themselves) or ‘closed’ (group members only) so for something like ETC’s online training it’d be easy to pass this along to other contacts on Facebook who might not already know about ETC or GenderChangers • Threaded discussions — though security/privacy is an issue here • Spreading knowledge of your group more widely • Connecting your group to other groups doing similar or related work • Connecting group members to each other’s contacts and thus disseminating awareness of your group globally whilst expanding everyone’s personal networks You really do need to be aware that Facebook is essentially a corporate marketing tool, you don’t control what they do with the dat
