A Facebook friend recently posted a link to a highway construction announcement of a road closure for overhead bridge removal, which is common to avoid dropping debris on motorists. Many other friends made general comments about possible alternate routes during the construction. I commented that when I worked for that agency back in the 1980s, the policy was to never close highway. I was shocked to get a response from the agency. While I thought it was good that the agency is tracking comments, it bothered me in two ways: first, invasion of privacy issues; second, the response back was very condescending. ("We are closing the road for safety reasons", which was pretty obvious since they are removing overhead bridges.)
I agree with Prof Shafig that using social media to communicate has become a new phenomenon in construction project management. The problem is that it may be misused.
I guess social media is here to stay and people do spend a reasonable amount of time interacting on this E-platform all day. It is a clever way to disseminate information and feedback via constructive comments or even seemingly destructive comments can be useful for future planning.
Dear Michael,
Frankly, sometimes we can work better with a person from a different continent than a person in the same office. Communication provide this opportunity to explore more and more ideas and make some new friends in this magnificent world which everyone has brand new ideas. I agree with you that someone may present some strange comments. But it worth to hear some unusual answers while there are some helpful advices.
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