Yesterday about 20 of us met at a Subway restaurant to what is termed a “Nerd Dinner”. It started with an event page created on Facebook to which I got an invite. I happened to be around that area conducting a workshop. So I decided to drop in and check it out.
It was a great gathering. About 20 of us jabbering on various tech topics and wide ranging discussions. It was kind of free for all and very energetic for a while.
So I decided to create a group so that we can continue the discussions. This time instead of the usual Google groups, we thought of trying a Facebook group.
This morning I created a group, added about 5 key members who are very active in tech community and made them all administrators. I was not prepared for what happened next.
In a mere 8 hours after my initial creation, there were 199 people in the group. We got so excited, we started posting a lot and that probably turned off a bunch of people so a few dropped out. Even then, the count stands at about 194 now.
I need to study the facebook group phenomenon a bit more closely. This never happened to any groups I created before. If you want to check it out here is Nerd Dinner Chennai.
One thought on “A Small Experiment With Facebook Groups”
Yes, the reach of face book is amazing.
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