Social media has so many advantages from helping us to connect with friends and relatives, keeping us informed with the latest trends and joinig us together as a community. It’s been responsible for the spread of revolution and contributed to the Arab spring. However it’s my belief if we don’t develop our own social media etiquette it could kill humans as we know them.
Humans need training before its too late
Human are by our very nature social animals we like to interact communicate and learn about each others feeling and points of view. Each region, religion and culture has its taboos and the things we should do. Instilled in most cultures for example is politeness, respect, and how we should interact with each other. Can you remember growing up and your parent saying ” it’s rude to point” “cover your mouth when you yawn” “don’t speak to your elders like that”
It goes so much deeper from what is acceptable to wear at a funeral , dealing with grief, happiness, bad behaviour, love, desire and hate .
When is it rude to use social media?
How we interact with each other from holding the door open for others to dressing appropriately are all learned behaviours . These norms have taken years to develop then comes social media . The fly in the ointment what are the norms what is good behaviour when using Social media? What’s rude , what’s is the social media taboo. None of us yet have a parent or teacher teaching us when, how or what is an acceptable way to use social media. Is it rude to text at the dinner table? Is it OK to talk about grief on twitter?
Save your feeling for people not Facebook
What subjects are taboo on Facebook what should you say face to face rather than mentioning it on Facebook . What are the social media norms? the truth is they are still in development and each generation views them differently. A teenagers use and social media etiquette is without doubt different from mine.
This lack of Social media training or breeding means we are confronted by humans who text at funerals , endure the intrusion of smartphones during conversations, wonder why sensitive announcements are made on Facebook .
Social media addicts give us all a bad name
Social media is creating addicts that are moving away from face to face to technology to social media. The need to interact with technology is it seems the driver behind anti social behavoiur. My guess is that when you are confronted by a persons desire to interact with social media inappropriately you may actually be dealing with a Social media junkie.
Social media is not social! it can be anti social and making us more insular, more self indulgent more selective about who we speak too. Face-to-face conversation takes place in real time, you can’t prepare , edit or control what you’re going to say. Body language is responsible for a huge percentage of our communication. Intonation , mood and emotions are all missed in social media interactions they are not human
What’s more we develop empathy and understanding over time , how will our youth develop with increasing relianc on social media communication?
Is technolgy now your best friend?
Humans are now expecting more from technology and less from each other In the long run, technology is ultimately headed towards creating companionship without the demands of friendship.
Are you really your social media profile?
Social media allows us humans to sculpture who we are NOT! What we publish about ourselves is what you want people to see. You are creating an impression of you that you want others to see. It’s not the real you , it’s the Social media you. This is killing Social interaction , it’s killing true communication.
“Friends are people you talk too, ones you confide in. Facebook friends are not friends they are an audience” Nick Marr
I am not anti social media but I am anti its development without human check on how its changing relationships. Its is now time develop rules on how we use Social media before its too late. On your death bed you will never say I wish i spent more time at work its the same with social media!
In summary Social media has a time and a place in our lives, let it always come second place to human interaction.
It’s been quite a while since I can announce a start-up social media service that I really believe has the power to take on the established social media companies. Those who run bookmarking sites such as del.icio.us, Digg or Multiply better mind their bank balances!
The new kid is PinInterest.com
Pinterest Social Media Newbie
Pinterest is an online bulletin board for your favorite images, launched in 2010 and is already experiencing wild growth. It has gone thru a soft launch where you can become a member after only receiving an invite. I did this last week and it took about 3 days before i was sent a link to activate an account. I would try it yourself as actions speak louder than words on how it works.
The growth of the service is simply exciting and for small businesses it presents a fresh opportunity. You can post images of your company’s products on your Pinterest board and link them back to your website. It works as a sort of virtual store catalog.
Pinterest site registered more than 7 million unique visitors in December 2012, up from 1.6 million in September. And it’s driving more traffic to company websites and blogs than YouTube, Google+ and LinkedIn combined, according to a recent report from Cambridge, Mass.-based content-sharing site Shareaholic.
A New Digg?
Digg : The social news site changed the Internet, Digg’s offers high power authority and a listing in Digg for a site, even if it only has a couple of votes, will rank highly on Google and other search engines for certain terms. I believe that same power and authority is about to be transferred from traditional sites to Piniterest.
Women just love Pinterest!
According to Alexa Pinterest is attracting women by the droves aged between 25-34 years of age , Pinterest is attractive , pictures speak a thousand words and you will find lots of shoes, handbags and pins of good looking celebrities.
Like all these things get in early and establish your brand Google respects old pages and old posts so get your company on Pinterest now and reap the benefits later. A word of warning self promotion will need to be limited as the sites policies does not encourage self promotion. The best way to determine if Pinterest could attract buyers is simply to give it a go
Pinterest is designed to curate and share things you love. If there is a photo or project you’re proud of, pin away! However, try not to use Pinterest purely as a tool for self-promotion.
Install the bookmarklet. It lets you add a pin from any website with just one click.
Follow a few more pinboards. After all, Pinterest is as much about discovering new things as it is about sharing.
Pin carefully! As one of the first members of Pinterest, your pins will help set the tone for the whole community. Use big images, write thoughtful descriptions, and pin things you really love. Also, no nudity
Celebrities generate huge audiences that they can sell too
A recent post by celeb gossip blog Richcrib.com highlights the fact that social media has become a promotional play ground for the rich and famous. Its no surprise that with their huge audiences celebrities succumb to selling promotional tweets. The audience sizes beat many TV stations, newspapers and other traditional media. The cost to tweet to an audience of millions must run into tens of thousands all for a tweet less than 140 characters. I have no doubt this extra stream of revenue comes in handy especially when the actual process is not actually managed by the celebrity themselves.
Twitter is a social tool so you need to be social most celebs post updates designed for no interaction, it seems that these tweets are more like a warm up act before the big show. The odd tweet here and there just to keep the account fresh and the audience interested. When it comes to a new film, book or other promotion then we see the celebrity increase tweets and Hash tags.
So excited to announce that I’ll be working with #Hasbro on their new game called Twister Dance. You guys are going to love it! @HasbroNews
We can all learn from celebrities
Over selling in a tweet can be the most boring and unattractive thing you can do! If we watch how celebs conduct their accounts you will see that talking about everything else other than the next promotion keeps an interest by followers. This makes it very effective as when the promotional tweets are launched followers will listen.
Twitter is a Promotional Opportunity
Businesses can access large audiences using the numerous services available to get your message noticed. Here are some services that help you promote to large audiences
More followers means you may be able to sell like a celeb
By attracting more followers to your twitter account you are creating a potential audience that you can promote too. The value of a huge twitter audience can turn into real money as advertisers target niche twitter accounts. Here are some services that may actually buy advertising from your twitter account
Their is a huge range of services that will help you increase followers, some of these services involve fake accounts and robotic follows. These are worthless for social media interaction but good to show others how many followers you have. Those that buy tweets will want to see the level of activity your followers generate so these fake followers are near useless for this purpose.
You will find a host of low cost social media solutions at FiveQuidExpert.com
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Human are by our very nature social animals we like to interact communicate and learn about each others feeling and points of view. Each region, religion and culture has its taboos and the things we should do. Instilled in most cultures for example is politeness, respect, and how we should interact with each other. Can you remember growing up and your parent saying ” it’s rude to point” “cover your mouth when you yawn” “don’t speak to your elders like that”
