Do you Network Socially Too Much?
I was reading a thread on Geeks this afternoon, and it got me to thinking. There are so many different types of social networking sites out there these days. If you’re like me, you belong to them all. Do you log in to them all? Do you update them all? Heck, do you even read them all? How do you know when enough is enough? Where do you draw the line? How much is TOO much?
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!
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4 Comments
DShan
August 24th, 2009
at 7:50pm
There’s no question that the Social Web is too big to be effective everywhere. You can’t read them all…the only effective means of following across all the mediums is to use tools that bring other content in front of you.
Even then, though, I still find myself largely devoted to Twitter, a handful of blogs, and to some extent FriendFeed and Tumblr. Those last two, for me, are a bit of an attempt to catch content that’s more topical or in media sharing space; videos or pictures for instance.
The challenge for heavy users is always going to be the decision to add a new tool to their frequent use; what value does it offer?
The challenge for these environments and tools is always going to be an effort to insert themselves into the repertoire. Either you make yourself available where I’m at already, or I’m going to think long and hard about adoption.
And that’s coming from an early, motivated adopter.
James Lawson-Smith
August 25th, 2009
at 1:58pm
I have signed up with so many social sites I have forgotten that I have registered with half of them. It is hard to know what is the best one to be with as they all offer something that the other does not.
In some cases it is obvious what they offer like YouTube but with others it can be hard to judge if they are right for you, so you register anyway, just in case. If only there where a way to link ALL the social networks together. This can not be done you say, well that is what they said about computer networks when when Linux, MS and Mac where running their own networks, now look at them.
One day…
Joe
August 25th, 2009
at 4:06pm
I social netowork a lot more than I used to. But I don’t think I have a limit. So nothing is too much for me!
iThomasina
August 26th, 2009
at 6:40am
How much is too much? I guess it’s like anything else – it’s “too much” when it gets to the point of overtaking other parts of your life.
Warning signs of a Social Media addiction:
- You miss, or even reject, opportunities to connect with people in “real life”
- You start to neglect basic neccessities like eating, sleeping, and bathing
- You think about it whenever you’re not actually doing it and constantly planning and obsessing over your next “fix”
- Your mood and self esteem rises and falls according to what’s going on in your online world
- You put your job at risk by engaging in social media on the boss’s dime
Social Media is fun, useful, and has it’s place. However, it clearly becomes a problem when it escalates from just one more point of connection to your only means of connection it’s no longer a choice but a driving need.