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#smbmspfight

lindsi — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:45:51 +0000

“There are three ways of dealing with difference: domination, compromise, and integration. By domination only one side gets what it wants; by compromise neither side gets what it wants; by integration we find a way by which both sides may get what they wish.”

Mary Parker Follett

Social Media Happy Hour – Versus, or in addition to Social Media Breakfast?

lindsi — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:22:05 +0000

A new social network has been created for the purpose of social media happy hours, and it has a few of us buzzing this afternoon.

My instant reaction was that of frustration with another seemingly redundant social network. While the Social Media Breakfast is breakfast, and is a big group, that isn’t to say that the same group of people can’t come together for happy hours (like the Solera meetup) and other smaller events.

Personally, I’d be happier with an umbrella network. Once place to go to check upcoming social media events, whether they be breakfasts, smaller meetings that spin off from breakfasts, or completely separate happy hours – but with the same people. I don’t at all disagree with the fact that happy hours can accomplish something different than the big SMB meetups. I just don’t think there need to be another network to organize these events.

There seem to be different opinions on the issue. What’s yours?

multiple [e] personalities

lindsi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:21:02 +0000

It all started with AIM and AOL chat rooms when I was 14. Then it was Blogger, then MySpace, then, eventually, Facebook finally added my itty-bitty (yet super-progressive) university to their repertoire. I was hooked instantly; It was smart, clean, intuitive and actually functioned without error messages or timeouts. It provided everything I didn’t know I wanted or needed in a social networking tool, that MySpace had never offered. And with privacy settings tuning everything to friends-only, I delved in. No holds barred, pictures, comments, notes and anything else that fit into the way I was using it at the age of 20.

Now that I have a better understanding of social media/networking and its role in my personal and professional life, I’m dealing with a bit of a juxtaposition in e-personalities. I’ve considered completely deleting my Facebook account to recreate a more professional, more grown up version… sans the pictures and videos and other college history that follows me there. But I haven’t – mostly because I use Facebook differently than I use other tools I’ve become active using lately. I keep in touch with college friends, high school friends, even middle school friends through Facebook. Most of the things I am talking about on, say, Twitter – are not going to be relevant to these people. And likewise, most of the wall posts, status updates and so on that populate my Facebook account, are neither going to be interesting nor relevant to my other social media contacts and friends. When these contacts want to connect on Facebook, I’ve found myself adding them to my Limited Profile list. I don’t want to lose the opportunity to make another connection, but I also don’t necessarily want new contacts and friends having full access to the less professional parts of my college life.

I guess I’m wondering if any other people are keeping Facebook (or other tool) separate from others. Are you experiencing multiple e-personalities? If not, have you had this problem in the past – but found a way to merge the two (apart from the Limited Profile list)?