Armenian businessmen intensify activity in social networks

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George Papazian: social media should be used in education and business.

Commercial organizations are intensifying activity within social networks, a Canadian expert said.

Creative Director, Project Manager and Developer of hundreds of new media projects George Papazian, who was in the jury of ArmNet Awards contest, believes that social media should be used in education and business.

“I have Greek roots as well, and I follow the activity of Greek businessmen as well and notice that they do not use social networks so efficiently as Armenians do,” he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“However, there is a “dark” side of such activity, the so-called internet addiction,” he said.

Besides, according to Papazian, social networks can also help strengthen Armenia-Diaspora.

“There is some difference in mentality of Armenian Diaspora in the West and East. Social websites can promote communication between them,” he said.

Papazian also informed about the launch of joindiaspora.com website, a competitor to Facebook. Unlike Facebook, which causes apprehensions among analysts, joindiaspora.com doesn’t store the users’ information on its server.