I must be social!
Someone told me we’re all social now.
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Twitter – check
Facebook – check
WordPress – check / Tumblr – no
FourSquare – check / Gowalla – check (is it still going?)
Google+ – check
LinkedIn – check (even got a First Million badge, must be a real pioneer!)
Posterous – check (ok not very often)
Klout score – check / Kred score – check / PeerIndex – check (just to complete the triumvirate)
Bit.ly account – check
#hashtags – check
Friendfeed – used to (who remembers Friendfeed. I liked Friendfeed, I think it’s still going)
Delicious – check
Instagram – check (but don’t tell anyone)
Flickr – check (but don’t tell anyone)
EyeEm – check (ok, so I haven’t posted a photo yet)
Lively.fm – check / Spotify – check / last.fm – check / Grooveshark – check
Yammer – check (an old friend)
IBM Connections – check
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I must be social
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A thought crossed my mind
For the amount of time I’ve spent setting up and using all my different social accounts, how much time have I spent thinking about authenticity, empathy, trust, openness, collaboration, sharing…?
When was the last time I talked to you about collaboration? What does it mean to you? What does it mean to me? What does it mean to us? Have we agreed?
The lexicon of social
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I am left with a final thought
How social am I really?
Hello Guy
Great post. Over Christmas I got that I had not been social in the real sense of social. And for this year I made a resolution to meet at least 30 people who are in my social network merely as names, titles, blogs…. face to face, to have a coffee and/or meal.
I have already met Laurence and if you are up for it then I’d like to get to know you socially. As in the old world – over a tea/coffee, meal, stroll. Are you up for it?
Maz
At what point do you become un-social?
when your “check” fall below 50% of those you list?
I not saying how I can tick!
I have been driven, if that’s the right expression? to beingguy1067 because we were both at Digital Surrey event on the 31st AND we share the same surname. No other reason.
But in this case happenstance is a good thing
I found the Surreydigital event very interesting. One of the first I have been to that has actually opened my mind into Social Media and I am finding even more enlightening ‘stuff’ on your blog.
Thank you
Steve
Guy,
Lovely list, it begs the question can you be truly social by showing up in all of those places at the same time?
The theme tune for Cheers had the line “where everybody knows your name” in it. Can you really have 20 “locals”?
James
Hi Guy,
Can I ask a different question: What does being ‘social’ really mean?
Adrian