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Comment by Allan Lynch on July 14, 2012 at 4:04pm

This is very traditional: all girls. No boys allowed. Unless you're one of the parade of dead priests who have guided the community over the last 120 years. It is a bit much to take in after last night and running on three hours' sleep. I almost got giddy discussing how their habits have changed.

The room is starting to weave and now I'm supposed to go out on electric bike. If you don't hear from me again, you know it ended in tears.

Comment by Susan McKee on July 14, 2012 at 3:53pm

"Convent" doesn't necessarily mean a community of women religious; it could be men.

Comment by Allan Lynch on July 14, 2012 at 2:13pm

To further confuse you, I'm about to go tour a convent. Hey, they give me an itinerary and I do it.

Comment by Ed Wetschler on July 14, 2012 at 12:43pm

A valid question, although what really intrigues me is your comment about the missing hangover. How do you do that?

Okay, why would I like something on facebook? Two completely different reasons: (1) because I genuinely like the product, i.e. Tripatini and Buckettripper, and/or (2) I like the person who asked me to like the product, so I do this as a favor to him/her.  Neither of these may move you to click over to FB right this minute and like a couple dozen pages, but for what it's worth, those are my motivations. That, and the fact that when you've "liked" your 100th fb page, Mark Z. mails you an Aston Martin.    

 

Comment by Allan Lynch on July 14, 2012 at 10:17am

Morning Ed,

I am surprisingly - and somewhat encouragingly - unhungover for someone who did two liquid back-to-back concerts last evening, then drank till 3:30 am. Conversation gets so much more passionate the later the hour. Now I'm rattling along on a private train and my fingers are sliding across the keys so pardon for the spelling errors. But I still don't understand liking something on FB. What is the purpose?

Comment by Ed Wetschler on July 13, 2012 at 9:36pm

One more thing to Bescover: When you still need more likes, it often helps to hold a contest or a giveaway of some sort, as in "the _ _ nth person to like our page wins _ _ _ . Scary how well that works.

Comment by Ed Wetschler on July 13, 2012 at 9:33pm

Bescover, one way people amass likes is to flat-out ask everyone on their contact list to like them on FB. Allan, you use the word "likes" in quotes below, and God knows, FB does abuse the language. First "friends," then "likes," then "unlike." I happen to love much of what Facebook does, but it is hard to forgive the language abuse.

Comment by Allan Lynch on July 13, 2012 at 4:36pm

I don't understand the purpose of Facebook 'likes'. But perhaps it's because I'm one of those people whose FB friends are actually people I know. I know what they do and don't like.

If FB 'likes' are to somehow influence me, they don't. They make a company look and sound needy. If anything I would avoid a place that other urge me to 'like'. 

Comment by Bescover on July 13, 2012 at 2:40pm

Hey folks,

Bescoverer from http://Bescover.com here with a question.  When you use Facebook with a business page, what is the most effective way to gather "Likes."

Comment by Tripatini on July 12, 2012 at 9:40am

New on our blog: Travel Advertorial: A Gray Area, As PR Agents Play Reporter. The author welcomes comments/observations. What's yours?

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