Facebook blocked by South African companies

According to a article on News24.com, South African companies are beginning to follow their international counterparts in blocking employee access to popular social networking site Facebook.

While some experts defend the site, saying it holds huge potential as a business tool others are concerned over productivity.

In an effort to prevent people spending non-productive time on non-work related issues, companies have opted to add facebook to their list of leisure sites to be blocked. Companies like Standard Bank, Absa, Wesbank and a number of smaller companies are following this trend.

“We don’t see any business need for Absa staff to access the site,” said a ABSA spokesperson.

Facebook is the second most visited website in South Africa
With at least 170 000 users on the South African network, users say they are addicted and spend far more than 20 minutes per day interacting with their “friends” locally and globally.

Website traffic monitor www.alexa.com ranks Facebook as the second most visited website in South Africa, next to Google, and Facebook ranks South Africa in the top 10 user countries.

This was just a snapshot of the full article which can be read at News24.com

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