I don’t see the problem. There are different networks for different purposes. Variety is the spice of life. I use Facebook strictly for personal networking,LinkedIn for professional networking GovLoop for government stuff, OMB Max for official government stuff, my agency network for agency stuff, and a family network to share family photos. I tie them all together with Twitter feeds and e-mail notifications. Some like Google+ I just casually use, but that too has lots of potential. I’m ignoring Pinterest and some others.
Terry, I try to do exactly what you do, and it is so time consuming, especially when my friends, family, colleagues, etc. seem to want to mix everything up while I try to keep them straight. And tieing together with Twitter doesn’t help me because almost no one among my 400 or so contacts uses it.
I don’t see the problem. There are different networks for different purposes. Variety is the spice of life. I use Facebook strictly for personal networking,LinkedIn for professional networking GovLoop for government stuff, OMB Max for official government stuff, my agency network for agency stuff, and a family network to share family photos. I tie them all together with Twitter feeds and e-mail notifications. Some like Google+ I just casually use, but that too has lots of potential. I’m ignoring Pinterest and some others.
Terry, I try to do exactly what you do, and it is so time consuming, especially when my friends, family, colleagues, etc. seem to want to mix everything up while I try to keep them straight. And tieing together with Twitter doesn’t help me because almost no one among my 400 or so contacts uses it.
Just saw this over the weekend, Douglas:
http://www.slideshare.net/SM4nonprofits/beth-kanter-mindful-content-curation-social-media
@Terry: Agreed. Each social network has its own unique purpose.