I read this great article last week about how people are popping a (virtual) cap in their own social media heads. Specifically it proposes the idea of going on hiatus every now and then – maybe a weekend here and there. The entire point is brought home with this last paragraph. I have kept this in my draft email box all week and read it over and over. It is just a thought I really enjoy to absorb, and something that those of us that are extremely well connected online need to take to heart:
“As a communications tool and feedback loop, social media is a powerful thing. But as a time-waster, it has lifted the art of spending endless hours on nothing you can recall later as being useful or important to an entirely new level. Yes, I’ll be tweeting away next year. But hopefully, less prolifically. Like Helliker’s brother Keith, I find talking to people so much more rewarding than tweeting at them.”
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In my own life it has definitely tapped into the time I used to allocate to some hobbies I neither miss nor gained the same benefit from as growing an interesting global network of subject matter experts. Like most tools the results depend what you do with them, like owning books you don’t read.. And I always say, social media is the handshake. It’s critical to develop the important connections you make using it the same way you would develop any relationship, by email, phone, in person.
.-= Karla Porter´s last blog ..Job Seeker Takeaways =-.
Thanks Karla. How often do you get to meet one of your online friends in the real world?
I go to local tweet ups about once a month and see my long distance friends via skype and in person at conferences. I’ll be in NYC March 24-25 for a Human Capital conference if anyone is around. I’m organizing a tweet up spot!
.-= Karla Porter´s last blog ..Job Seeker Takeaways =-.
Skype? Might want to search for and add Patrick Allmond in Oklahoma City
I totally agree with Karla- the internet can do a great many things, and I utilize social media to continue to learn- and I do not qualify time spent learning as a “waste” :>)
.-= Jennifer Nelson´s last blog ..How to Explain What I am trying to do… =-.