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    Remember asking what “social media” is for, Palmetto?

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    by ansugisalas ·

    At the time, I didn’t have an answer, but I have done some research.

    Facebook is for maintaining relationships with semi-estranged family and fair-weather friends, mainly so you can keep each other updated on really important stuff, such as photos of what you had for lunch. If you prefer not to know what such people eat for lunch, better skip it.

    LinkedIn is about general-purpose non-specific brown-nosing. It is great for keeping those sucking-up muscles trimmed. If you don’t want to suck up to anybody, better skip it.

    Google+ is about finding completely random people who happen to have the same interests as you, or who produce interesting text or photographs or who attract interesting discussions or otherwise tickle your fancy. If you don’t want to do that, better skip it.

    Like, if someone was to fancy plants of the family Nepenthaceae, one could join this community:
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/117037123781049426104
    or this one:
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108732200169956427257
    or this one:
    https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105730273526169818962

    It’s all about fancy.

    [EDITED: The headline punctuation saves, lives.]

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    • #2428477
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      So is that some kind of crack at me?

      by hal 9000 ·

      In reply to Remember asking what “social media” is for, Palmetto?

      Not that i would understand of course so you’ll need to be a lot more down to earth as I’m not overly clever.

      I work with Computers so you have to explain everything as if I will not understand. :p

      Of course regardless I wouldn’t consider joining any of these either. :0

      Col

      • #2427397

        Nah, just using a familiar example of niche interests.

        by ansugisalas ·

        In reply to So is that some kind of crack at me?

        I could have used motor sports, but I can never remember which ones are lame and which ones are not, so I went with something with universal appeal 😉 :^0

    • #2427395

      Vaguely and in general.

      by charliespencer ·

      In reply to Remember asking what “social media” is for, Palmetto?

      If I can’t remember any specific question, it only means I don’t remember asking them, not that they weren’t asked.

      I don’t see why anyone would want to keep up with semi-estranged family or fair-weather friends, or keep them updated either. I’ve read too many posts from people who have found LinkedIn to be useful for me to pooh-pooh it. But I’ve also tried it enough to determine there’s no value for me. I may get around to taking a look at Google+ one day, but I’m active enough here to satisfy my on-line itch and something about getting a Google account trips my long-range sensors.

      I notice you didn’t include Twitter 🙂

      • #2427385

        becasue only twits twitter and neither of you are twits – nt

        by deadly ernest ·

        In reply to Vaguely and in general.

        nt

      • #2427353

        Well Hello Palmy

        by shellbot ·

        In reply to Vaguely and in general.

        My fair-weathered friend 😀

        Just touching base to see how ye doing.

        (hehe)

        • #2427346

          Fair-weathered? Me?

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Well Hello Palmy

          I’ve been right here, two shows nightly. 😀

        • #2427339

          Isn’t Palmie more of a Wear-feathered friend?

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Fair-weathered? Me?

          :^0

        • #2427317

          Speaking of worn feathers,

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Isn’t Palmie more of a Wear-feathered friend?

          I’ve had a good birding spring. There was a prothonotary warbler at the Darlington race, a swallow-tailed kite flew over work last week, and a loggerhead shrike has been hanging out at nearby farm since February.

        • #2427312

          Cools

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to Speaking of worn feathers,

          I’m not very knowledgeable about birds, but I do like to watch them. Particularly fond of ducks for some reason.

          I don’t get to close to birds much anymore tho, after the almost famous episode at TR. LOL

        • #2427139

          As I was getting into the van this morning

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Speaking of worn feathers,

          I got to watch a magpie giving a crow what-for…

        • #2426564

          Cool

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to As I was getting into the van this morning

          😀

        • #2426546

          It evens out.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to As I was getting into the van this morning

          Later in the day that same crow was probably strafing a Cooper’s or Red-Tailed hawk…

        • #2427313

          Well see,

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to Fair-weathered? Me?

          I just couldn’t help ruffling your feathers ..

          (hahahahah. ah, i kill myself sometimes..)

        • #2427303

          And with jokes like that,

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Well see,

          sometimes I encourage you to do so. 😀

        • #2427260

          Ha!

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to And with jokes like that,

          Someone who wants to hear my jokes?? Holy cow!

        • #2427256

          Wrong sentence.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Ha!

          Try the LAST one in your preceding post!

        • #2427251

          Ah now!

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to Ha!

          I’m going to ignore that and stick with my original gut feeling on this..you like my jokes 😀

        • #2427248

          Someone is begging for a nuclear feather-ruffling.

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Ha!

          :p :^0

        • #2427250

          grrr

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to And with jokes like that,

          gotta figure out the nesting levels on this thing… where that silly “take offline” thing come from?

        • #2427247

          It’s a special little

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to grrr

          “F U” from the site re-unfitting…

        • #2427245

          The seventh level of Heck.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to grrr

          If you go too far down and get stuck with ‘Take Offline’ instead of ‘Reply’, go back up to the previous level and reply to it.

          “Teacher says, every time someone uses ‘Take Offline’, an angel gets sodomized.”

        • #2427106

          Figures….

          by cmiller5400 ·

          In reply to grrr

          The “Take Offline” creates a post in the Water Cooler area. But since this is a water cooler topic, won’t that create some sort of loop? Kind of like “Crossing the streams” and having a total protonic reversal event 😀

        • #2426563

          ack, cmiller

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to grrr

          do you mean its recursive??

        • #2426554

          More like

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to grrr

          nested procedure calls…without end.

    • #2427371

      social media for companies

      by cdurai ·

      In reply to Remember asking what “social media” is for, Palmetto?

      Social media engagement for companies or brands is different. Companies use social media for building their brand and its management. By proper monitoring and analyzing the ‘Shout’ (sentiments) in the social media they can change their business or service strategy. They can use shout analytics for the sentiment analysis in the social media monitoring.

      • #2427358

        Buzzword Bingo

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to social media for companies

        “They can use shout analytics for the sentiment analysis in the social media monitoring.”

        We have a winner! Three management-speak phrases in one sentence! I award extra points for ‘sentiment analysis’; that’s a new one on me.

        With that said, I have no doubt that there are some departments in some companies that gain value from social media. That doesn’t mean it has value for all companies, or for individuals on a personal level.

        • #2426585

          I’ll Raise You…

          by dogknees ·

          In reply to Buzzword Bingo

          “Microsoft finds a new way to deliver a private cloud in a box”.

          Try explaining that to your Gran!

        • #2426581

          Hell,

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to I’ll Raise You…

          the only way I can explain ‘private cloud’ to myself is to use old-fashioned terms like ‘client-server’…

        • #2426568

          I Just..

          by dogknees ·

          In reply to Hell,

          .. can’t get over the idea of a cloud in a box.

          Too funny.

    • #2426573

      Another view

      by aidemzo_adanac ·

      In reply to Remember asking what “social media” is for, Palmetto?

      [b]Facebook[/b], is a place for the insecure, the self conscious, the shut-ins and the sick to be someone they WANT to be. They can make friends that they would never be able to befriend in real life, they can get sympathy from total strangers that they consider friends (when sick, in hospital, left by a spouse etc.)

      [b] Linkedin[/b] Initially a good choice for a business networking portal. Now it has turned into Facebook for people who wish they were in business. If you don’t follow suit and endorse everyone you get messages from, if you don’t allow unknown people to endorse you and if you use it strictly as the tool it was designed for, you can still stand out from the crowd and gain credibility for your achievements. If you join the masses, you lose credibility and its ‘a useless website.

      [b]Google+[/b]: Is a link near G-Drive where some people waste a lot of time, senselessly and without any positive outcome. If you’ve lost all of your pretend friends on Facebook there’s Google+ where you can start again.

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