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Up for Debate: Government social networks are Towers of Babel, doomed to topple.

Social networking sites are designed to break down the silos of work and social groups and enable people to cross-pollinate ideas. But as agencies increasingly turn to building their own internal social networking platforms (Spacebook, Statebook, etc.), they’re just building bigger, better silos.

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Posted by David Rapp on May 04, 2010 at 9:03 AM


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