Comments on: Into the Social Media Abyss?

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:28:06 +0000

Thanks for the thoughtful article. Yes, this happens to some and I find myself happy to be connecting people I’d long ago lost touch with and have an easy way to share what we are DOING in our lives. And yes, I post interesting articles (to me) on Facebook and wonder sometimes WHAT to post on Twitter… and I definitely post mostly about my actual experiences out in the world on my blog.

By: zencontrol.net

zencontrol.net — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:43:41 +0000

Thanks for this post and thanks for sharing the art of nonconformity link. It also seems an interesting blog.
Rest I agree that the social media is kind of intoxicating. The more you try it, the more you want to try it..

By: Sharon Moore

Sharon Moore — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:05:48 +0000

I wrote on this very topic just a day before your post here, and followed up with an article I was reading about Soft Addictions. Your thoughts and mine are right in line. Take a read if you get an opportunity! Thanks for sharing your perspective!

http://thetribaldancer.blogspot.com/2009/06/social-media-supplants-living.html

By: Aaron Whiston

Aaron Whiston — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:56:48 +0000

Social media as it’s called is yet another “latest and greatest” bandwagon onto which everyone jumps. I’ve made a living as a blogger and information marketer since 2005 and frankly I rarely use any of these social sites.

I have a Twitter account for getting more eyeballs on my blogs and articles. And I use Squidoo occasionally to field new articles and generate linkage. A business can thrive without getting married to these Web 2.0 sites (gasp!) and as the blogger noted here…

How sad is it that people are LIVING on these social sites now? I even hear the cashiers and baggers at the grocery store now talking about catching each other on Facebook because they check that more than they answer their phones.

On one hand I like the way the technology is catching on. And I foresee a rapid and long overdue WIDE SCALE integration of TV, voice talk, and Web because of it; in other words soon portable devices that handle all media and communications will be common and not over-priced novelty cell phones.

But seriously it’s just another form of media and hardly worth all the hoopla it’s been given. Especially irksome are the info marketers who make big money selling the “secrets” to getting rich with Twitter, Facebook, and etc.

By: Maggie Mae

Maggie Mae — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:37:38 +0000

You hit the nail right on the head. I know too many — and fall prey to it myself — who suffer from this screen-life syndrome versus living a real life. I blog about life with my children with Down syndrome and often find those very children pulling me away from my keyboard… rightfully so. As if to say, “Time to go LIVE the life MOM… then, come back and write about it [to benefit others] while we’re in bed!”

Thanks for reminding me… and just in time to enjoy the great outdoors this summer. I’m going to go put myself on a restricted summer schedule!

By: Paul Maurice Martin

Paul Maurice Martin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:39:09 +0000

“But, more and more, I’m seeing people fall prey reiterating, rehashing or spinning what other people have written about their “area of interest,” instead of seeking out experiences in that area and sharing what they’ve learned.”

Oh yeah… Sometimes it seems like every subject area is just recirculating the same “Ten Tips.”

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:08:21 +0000

ooops… I wanted to get the follow up comments… lol..

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:05:54 +0000

For me this issue really comes down to what everyone seems to be talking about, but so few are really comfortable doing or able to do. And that is being real and authentic and honest. Its damn easy to say and very hard to do. Very. Gary V. is. Seth is. Steve Pavlina is. Shoe is. Some others are, but the lesson I have learned was best said by Jack Canfield (yes the Chicken Soup guy… lol… read how he got that book published!!! Talk about a tough road!) He said,”Discover what you love doing and arrange your life around making a living doing it.” Simple, and important… but it took me a bunch o’ years to “get” that. I kept trying to be “practical.”
just my “two cents”

Wayne

By: Website Marketing Guy

Website Marketing Guy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:32:52 +0000

Excellent advice… Unfortunately, I think too many web – entrepreneurs become attached to the computer, we need to get out, enjoy life and then use our talent to pay the bills in a fun way

By: Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D.

Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:26:54 +0000

You’ve touched on an interesting point, as usual. The issue or living your life or living vicariously has always been with us. With social media it’s just more apparent and more frequent.

While reading about true-life adventures and experiences is richer, I’m also happy that I can experience some things vicariously since I’ll never get to do it all in this lifetime.