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Is it safe to say we are hyper-connected in today’s society? I think so. There literally isn’t a moment in time when I’m not connected somehow. If I’m not sitting in front of my computer (or 2 or 3), with various social media tools open such as GoogleTalk, GoogleVoice, Twitter and Facebook, I always have my Treo Pro on me with GoogleTalk, GoogleVoice, Twitter and Facebook running.
So, if you need to reach me, you can. There are so many options. At this point in my life, I have a pretty good handle on the various social media platforms I am active with and it actually boggles my mind to consider adding anything new. There are various other social media tools and platforms that I have my finger in but I am probably still trying to find the value in those. There is always a learning curve with something new and once I push through that, I am looking for the added value.
I honestly don’t have time for anything new and different. I think the only thing that would capture my attention would have to be radically different and at this point, I’m not seeing anything on the horizon. For the moment, I am content with the social media world I find myself in.
What about you?
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Jim – your intro link isn’t working.
As to your question … am I content with the social media world I find myself in? The simple answer has to be a no.
Let me try explain. I love using social media (SM) and love interacting within it, but more and more I am finding that I may as well be trying to “pee into the wind” (if you’ll excuse my language). I am finding that unless I know someone IRL then likelihood of them interacting with me is extremely small.
I’ve recently posted about this twice on my blog (last one here: http://www.churchtechy.com/2009/12/networking-part-deux/) but despite doing the things one is supposed to do I find that I get no conversations going.
The traffic is mostly one way – OK, so I admit I’m not big into getting traffic, etc, but I like to think that those who have said – cool blog, or great post via email are still reading and would comment.
So I find myself blogging, networking, IM’ing, twittering, etc, etc but despite putting myself about I am not getting the response one is led to believe one should get….
So, like you I don’t have time for anything new apart from which, I don’t want to try and build a new set of “followers” all over again and I’m still trying to get the ones I’m in working as they should be!
Sorry for the semi-rant