I have recently started to do a lot more Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) related information-sharing via Facebook. When I began my Facebook crusade, I blogged about it here as well. I listed the positives and negatives I found using Facebook as a information platform.
Since then Facebook introduced several interesting changes that all help us as Sustainability / CSR professionals and enthusiasts to increasingly use Facebook as a hub for sharing information and connecting with likeminded people. One of those recent changes has been the introduction of Facebook community pages. This is the link to the Facebook blog about purpose of community pages
This quote really captures the essence of it:
‘ Community Pages are a new type of Facebook Page dedicated to a topic or experience that is owned collectively by the community connected to it. Just like official Pages for businesses, organizations and public figures, Community Pages let you connect with others who share similar interests and experiences.’ Instead of becoming a fan you click whether you ‘like’ the topic, interest or experience.
I really like the idea of these page types and went to work straight away by creating a community page for the topic I am so passionate about: Corporate Social Responsibility
This is the link to the community page: Corporate Social Responsibility on Facebook.
So far over 100 people have ‘liked’ it and I hope you will find this page useful to spread the word about CSR.
So what do you think about these new community pages? Do you think they will be popular and useful? Will you indicate what you like and share this with your friends on Facebook? I think this is a positive move by Facebook and these pages can be used as all sort of tools to promote CSR across the globe.