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LEGO have recently (i.e. yesterday) been handed the keys of the unofficial 'LEGO' group on Facebook by the original founder; they apparently approached him about taking it over & he was very happy to let them ... LEGO seem to be very impressed that it has almost 1 million 'likes'.
It's being managed entirely from within the company (i.e. it hasn't been outsourced), and they've got 4 people who's job it is to monitor & engage with people via this group.
Anyway, can't stand facebook myself, but if you're interested & aren't already a friend ...
http://www.facebook.com/LEGOGROUP
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Genuine question now - can someone help me understand the value of the LEGO facebook page ? Is there any point in me visiting on a regular basis, or am I just going to spend the whole time scratching my head wondering why LEGO would spend money to support it. I took a quick look earlier and it was largely filled with 5-10 word postings which really didn't say anything of value at all. So genuine question - what's the point, and what do people get out of it ?
Quite a few pictures of clone brands in the posted pictures, which made me wince a little. I guess it's a 'me too' twitch; the marketing people have said they need to be active on Fb, so active they are ...
For people, it helps them stay connected to friends that you might not otherwise be connected to. I have friends from college that I don't really keep in touch with, but now I know one of them is having twins, for example. Did I need to know that? Nah. But it helps me *feel* more connected to them. Also helps me keep updated on current events, as friends will post about things I'm likely interested in-- articles they find and so forth. Again, I don't need to know that stuff, but to me, it was worth joining.
For LEGO, they probably get more out of it (or could if they wanted to). They can probably get demographics from Facebook about information relating to the people that "liked" them or what-have-you. Could be a very useful marketing and analysis tool.
DaveE
So instead, simply taking the time to log in to Facebook periodically throughout the day allows me a centralized source to witness what everyone is up to, and also share my own goings-on.
BTW, @drdavewatford , I believe I added you as a facebook friend, but now I'm starting to have my doubts that it's you :P
I admit it was me - I have an account as I needed to create one to see a bunch of photos ages back, but I seldom go on there for the reasons stated above. You should be honoured, incidentally - I usually reject or ignore "friend" requests !
For me FB allows me to see all the updates that I'm interested in all in one spot rather than having to log into each site and navigate their sometimes cumbersome web pages to find out if there is anything new and of interest to me.
I was hesitant to join FB several years ago, but as the mom of 3 teenagers I really felt that I needed to to keep up with what they (and more importantly their friends) were posting. Now I'm glad to be a member and glad that many of my favorite stores, brands, items, etc. have pages to keep me up to date on everything.
I connected to the LEGO fan page, and put up a few pics of my favorite MOC.
girls think it's cute!