absolutely! not just in facebook, but everywhere! I'm always wondering why people choose to follow me in Twitter too!
larrylawfer
· 1 year ago
Dear Scott
I do love your insights, your view on social media and marketing have really helped me gain market intelligence in ways I never imagined. I am excited you moved from one glamour job to an even bigger one. All of these would be reason enough to want to connect, but really all I care about is where you buy all your great clothes. Please help! Signed a slovenly husband so my wife tells me.
Today Chris Brogan posted, "Etiquette in the Age of Social Media." (http://www.chrisbrogan.com/etiquette-in-the-age...) Which provided a good guideline for handling social media etiquette. One thing that I think needed to be added was the proper and polite way to make a friend request (I added my comments to that post as well :) ).
It doesn't take that much. A simple, "Hey I love your blog!" would be all it would take for me :).
Crystal King
· 1 year ago
I feel a little bit weirded out when I get random empty requests on Facebook. I don't typically advertise my Facebook in my social media locations because I feel like it's far more personal than I may want the broad world to know. I'm pretty out there on the Web, but FB exposes particulars about my relationships with friends and family...things I may not want strangers participating in. I may respond back asking how I know them...t
Context means everything. I liken it to meeting people at a party. You don't see someone interesting and just starting following them around like a puppydog. You need to interact, converse, introduce yourself. It may not go much further than that, but that initial context is extremely important, IMHO.
Divij Bhatia
· 1 year ago
I work at a New Media Communications firm in Boston, 451 Marketing (www.451marketing.com) and we do a lot of work with Social Networks and Social marketing. I am always trying to learn more about the topic, and just wanted to thank you for your insights
Dan Neely
· 1 year ago
It has become really interesting and with access ubiquity it has become even more difficult to have control over the approval process. I was meeting with a company this past week and they started talking to me about my broken laptop (which I had tweeted about) and the company I had just visited who they felt was a competitor. More twitter like approaches are emerging and reality is controlling access to information is becoming more difficult. However for companies need to figure out ways to look across social media and find the right set of users to engage with. That engagement needs to based in trust and authenticity. my $.02
Derrick
· 1 year ago
Dear Scott recently came across your blog and thought I'd give you something to look at in the future. Please go and check out Yourlifebox.com and let me know what you think of this website/social media company's twist on the traditional social media website.
Britrock
· 1 year ago
After a burst of "new toy must play with" syndrome when I first signed up for Facebook, I became more selective of who I accept generally due to similar reasons to Crystal - there is a lot of personal information on Facebook... and I don't always edit myself well ha.
My filter is now as simple as "have I met the person or interacted more than once."
Glad you brought this up again Mr. Monty.
richullman
· 1 year ago
Hey Scott, My new mantra has become "Context is King." Sure, content has always been king, but there so much of it that it's dilluted to the point of worthless at times. Same with "friends." Any message or friendship is a commodity without first knowing context.
Tom
· 1 year ago
Majority of people don't have a cause or reason to send an invitation for friendship, this is what I feel. Believe me people all across the world are so unpredictable. Anyhow, I am not using facebook anymore, I thought good and perspective people have already gone somewhere else and I have been searching that place.
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I do love your insights, your view on social media and marketing have really helped me gain market intelligence in ways I never imagined. I am excited you moved from one glamour job to an even bigger one. All of these would be reason enough to want to connect, but really all I care about is where you buy all your great clothes. Please help!
Signed a slovenly husband so my wife tells me.
(http://www.nathanmcgee.com/2008/08/05/3-rules-o...)
I am glad to see that I'm not alone in this!
Today Chris Brogan posted, "Etiquette in the Age of Social Media." (http://www.chrisbrogan.com/etiquette-in-the-age...) Which provided a good guideline for handling social media etiquette. One thing that I think needed to be added was the proper and polite way to make a friend request (I added my comments to that post as well :) ).
It doesn't take that much. A simple, "Hey I love your blog!" would be all it would take for me :).
Context means everything. I liken it to meeting people at a party. You don't see someone interesting and just starting following them around like a puppydog. You need to interact, converse, introduce yourself. It may not go much further than that, but that initial context is extremely important, IMHO.
My filter is now as simple as "have I met the person or interacted more than once."
Glad you brought this up again Mr. Monty.
My new mantra has become "Context is King." Sure, content has always been king, but there so much of it that it's dilluted to the point of worthless at times. Same with "friends." Any message or friendship is a commodity without first knowing context.