Social media seems shallow to many. Sometimes it seems shallow to me too. Then again, there are days when the socnet world feels like one long hula dance where the discussion goes both in circles and nowhere.
What's a friend? What activities are musts for social networkers? Does everyone need to use social networks? It drones on to tedium sometimes.
And this week has been particularly rife with stories of misperceptions about what online relationships are, and aren't; particularly tricky when one person thinks they are friends and the other doesn't. Or if one thinks they are working on a project together and the other does the same project with another contact. Or if one ignores a facebook friend request.
Which means that the world of social networking is full of disappointments, and surprises. And the connections can be tenuous at best; needing attention on our part to keep up the relationships.
Sometimes it takes some dancing around to nourish and strengthen what is and what can be.
Which brings me to Steve Rubel and Josh Bancroft whose similarity is that it's hard to feel disconnected when either is on your contact list.
They use, but don't abuse, social networks. They talk to their contacts instead of lecturing them. They use words everyone can understand and avoid going of on tangents of self glorification.
It's easy to see why I included them in the Artsy Asylum Social Media dance party. You'll never be quite the same after encountering them. And especially after this video.
Who's in your contact list that helps you feel connected, even if it's in offbeat ways? What social networking issues do you find yourself dancing around? Maybe we can find answers together.
What's a friend? What activities are musts for social networkers? Does everyone need to use social networks? It drones on to tedium sometimes.And this week has been particularly rife with stories of misperceptions about what online relationships are, and aren't; particularly tricky when one person thinks they are friends and the other doesn't. Or if one thinks they are working on a project together and the other does the same project with another contact. Or if one ignores a facebook friend request.
Which means that the world of social networking is full of disappointments, and surprises. And the connections can be tenuous at best; needing attention on our part to keep up the relationships.
Sometimes it takes some dancing around to nourish and strengthen what is and what can be.
Which brings me to Steve Rubel and Josh Bancroft whose similarity is that it's hard to feel disconnected when either is on your contact list.
They use, but don't abuse, social networks. They talk to their contacts instead of lecturing them. They use words everyone can understand and avoid going of on tangents of self glorification.
It's easy to see why I included them in the Artsy Asylum Social Media dance party. You'll never be quite the same after encountering them. And especially after this video.
Who's in your contact list that helps you feel connected, even if it's in offbeat ways? What social networking issues do you find yourself dancing around? Maybe we can find answers together.
