I've found that using Facebook for leads on Journalism assignments can be both good and bad/annoying. I say this because people on Facebook can see everybody's status updates with the Live Feed feature, but a lot of people post new things so often that others get annoyed and start ignoring them. When I post status updates people will often comment on them but they are usually joking comments, so when trying to get helpful info it can be hard. I won't directly copy and paste the comments I received from my post in need of help or feedback pertaining to DPS's bike laws on USC's campus because many of them included obscenities. But I got the general idea of how people felt about it and if they were concerned or not. then after they commented me I sent them messages to see if they would be willing to speak with me more seriously about a story.
My Facebook post said: Is anyone irritated/frustrated by DPS's bike rules on campus? Need feedback for my journalism class.
From this, I received 5 comments and 1 "like."
I say it can be good because ALL of your Facebook friends have the option of seeing your status, so you're reaching a very large group of people. But, in many cases people will just skip over it or will not post anything useful. All this said, I do use Facebook for most of my projects that need input about issues where controversy surround them.
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