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that’s has NEVER happened to me … oh, hold on a minute while I post this to facebook, digg, twitter, myspace, delicious and somewhere else.
We can relate. Hope there is a site out there that updates all of the network sites with one input.
Seriously, I can relate. Facebook, LinkedIn, DesignerID, AdHoles, AIGA, Behance, etc. This is indeed a monster to update everything at once. This is why I like to have my personal website become the “master” with the most current version of my CV, contact info, and portfolio.
…when you decided the need to have more than 3 social sites you need to keep updated.
Really people there is more than enough out there, trying to make money on any “web social” trend they can get their paws on. You just need to stick to the more popular ones, the ones that provide you the user with the most features you need, or the one where your friends and family use.
It is kinda like the methodology we used back when their was just lots of forums around and there was no social sites ever needed. Remember to keep the web social only as a tool to empower your real social life, and not the other way around.
Why won’t the social sites leave me ALONE!!!
Hahaha… Wow thats my Sunday right there…
Yeah, doing this kind of stuff daily
Well, I use only facebook and digg. I don’t have time for anything else!
Me too Myke.
Hey guys, quick question. I’m just now getting into freelance work on the side while i’m attending college. How much does it actually help that you have these accounts on all these social networking sites??? I can understand thinks like Facebook and other big name sites but when you’re getting your hands into 5+ sites it seems like it is a bit overkill. Whenever I get clients approaching me it is via word of mouth…like someone I know told someone they know that I was good at what I do and in turn they come to me. I haven’t had any luck with the social networking business yet but I don’t know…I don’t mess with it much.
How you start the day is how you end the day.
Yeah social networking is a huge time-sink. I’m working on a few networks now to try to get my face out there a bit, once I get some more work going I think I’m going to delete a few accounts and scale things back a bit.
http://www.ping.fm is the only thing that comes close to automating this.
The answer isn’t to update your networks infrequently or use a web service to batch-update. The real solution is to abandon these social networks entirely and create your own social network on your own domain (preferably a blog). If your friends refuse to follow you on anything but Facebook, you don’t need them. Stop sharecropping and get your space, not MySpace.
Once you abandon the social networks, instead of getting friend alerts or notifications every few minutes, you’ll get them every few days (as comments or emails). You’ll see that your website is dependent on you and you alone to build. You can’t rely on friends and social commentary anymore. With a blog, you have to contribute real value. It’s like moving from your parents’ house to your own house. You have more freedom, but more responsibility.
Since moving from ad-hoc blogging on forums and social networks to my own blog on my domain, my writing has improved immeasurably. This is because I have to take complete responsibility for my success, and because the noise of comments / feedback / discussion is largely removed.
Social networking is a pointless waste of time. No matter how cozy the bath, you can’t spend all day in it.
Fact:
In bloggin terms, one hour = one eternity
Well exampled in the post.
social networking that me 24/7 I own over 40 of them lol Im alway trying out a new one evey mo. can’t make my mine up lol
I’ve been leery of jumping into the social networking pool because of the time sink aspects. And I seriously doubt that I’m going to pick up any clients there. Most of mine come to me as a result of my contacting them.
do you know this supernews cartoon about the subject?
http://gellnerism.blogspot.com/2008/07/supernews-on-social-networking-sites.html
it is both fun and a plague i guess.
I second that Richard. I’m trying to get rid of all of them, except StumbleUpon, that’s the only helpful one for me
That’s exactly what is happening today with me xD.