Blogging World and Facebook are Merging

It is interesting to know that most of my knowledge about new posts in blogs or news stories are coming from my newsfeeds in facebook. What my friends are reading is in many case of interest to me also. The amount of information which one can post into facebook astronomical, so by finding a few trusted friends, you can find ways to have some synchronicity about what your friends post and what you post.

For ezample, if you are interested in environmental issues, there is a good chance that you have connected with others with a similar interest. Facebook seems to magnify these connections in a powerful way which changes how we interact.

For me personally, there is a balance that is needed to be struck. If you post too frequently or post articles with little appeal then your friends my tire of you or your posts and decide to not read them. However if you are more selective, then your posts may be read with more interest. Posting about once or twice a weeks seems to be a good balance. The way I think of this is how often would I e-mail a friend or business associate an interesting article. Is it once a week, twenty one days, once a month or three months.

As the facebook newsfeeds become "noisier". My choice would be to pick and choose how you post.

Another way to connect with your friends would be to have your own blog and connect your articles through RSS feeds. There is an applications named Flog which will integrate your own blog into your profile page.

There are also similar applications to integrate other blogs and to bring in feeds from consolidated blog sites such as StumbleUpon.com.

One other way to post is within the "wall" applications. If you find a great article you can post via a wall application and be selective by choosing which friend's walls you would like these posts to appear.

So if you are interested in passing information to your friends or associates you now have multiple ways to communicate.

I would love to hear your thoughts.