Recently, friend and fellow B2B specialist Bernice Grossman asked me to comment on an article (Survey: Over half of U.S. workplaces block social networks) detailing the blocking of social networks (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, etc.) by some employers. My train of thought on this runs in a couple of directions.
First, the major social networks represent a significant portion, but still only a portion of all the conversations taking place in the social space. Blogs, industry sites, help/discussion forums combined also offer social interaction which aren’t addressed by the current lock down. Further, in the B2B world what’s happening on the later is arguably more relevant than the friendly chatter (of course that would mean missing the intellectual bliss of http://twitter.com/OGOchOCinco) anyways. So yes, I’m sure the current block will have some impact, but there is still quite a bit of room for individuals to exert their social self.
Posted by tewksbum 
