Social networking has become an interesting issue at my university. My current boss has started saying things like “can you go and talk to your community about X, we’ve been talking about it for a while, and I’m wondering what they have to say about it.” I then go to twitter, or skype or something else and circulate the idea.
My guess is that others in my network have the same questions… so, now, social networking in and out of my Uni is more than accepted… it’s consulted.