LinkedIn.
Seriously, what’s the point of it?
It’s just another channel through which recruitment consultants can send me spam.
I’m thinking of bailing out of it.
It seems to be a business version of Facebook.
Equally pointless, lacking drive, devoid of direction and without a real sense of purpose.
Yep, just another version of Facebook.
Twitter.
I love Twitter, almost as much as I love blogging.
I’ve just had a massive cull of my Twitter followers because, in my weird world where my rules apply, it’s social networking.
If we don’t interact on Twitter, we’re not doing it right.
And that’s not what I’m about.
I don’t believe that Twitter is a one-way channel of communication.
So why would people start to follow someone, and never say ‘hello’?
I don’t get that.
No, really, I don’t understand why someone would set up an account with a social network tool and then choose to not interact.
So I deploy the ‘block’ button.
Boom!
Gone.
And when someone new follows me I check them out.
I’ll scope out their timeline, make sure s/he is a real person.
And then I’ll follow them back.
Because that’s being social.
Right?
I did the same thing with Twitter – hence the 5th twitter account i’ve just moved to. Everyone I follow or who follows me i interact with now and it’s lovely
I like the interacting thing, I genuinely enjoy it. Sadly I miss huge chunks of timeline because one place where I work has no mobile signal and Twitter is firewalled.
LinkedIn isn’t a lot of use for me, but neither do I get lots of recruiter spam. I’m only linked to people who I remember working with. And when I say working with, I mean I would be happy to pass comment on their performance in the time I knew them. I do find it interesting to note which people are changing jobs and if I were thrust back into the job market on short notice I would certainly use it as a means to reach out to ‘my network’ for any opportunities because I hate recruitment agencies.
As for Twitter, yes and no. I follow some Twitter accounts (not necessarily people) because I get information from them. An example might be a news organisation or a software vendor whose products I use.
In terms of following all who follow me, no I don’t. The reason for that is that I read EVERY tweet that hits my timeline. ALL. OF. THEM. Following too many people makes that very difficult so I select people who I “connect with” on some level, not just because I know them.
Extending your own hypothesis that the social aspect means two way communication, why would I follow someone and then choose to ignore some of what they say?
I suspect Twitter, more than any other social network, is used in many different ways by different people.
The LinkedIn thing might be a geographical difference. I know a substantial number of people who are pissed off with the volume of Rec Cons spamming them through LI.
Hello! Just being sociable and that… Mya x
I love you. Have you left your husband for me yet?
Some people want responses, some don’t care. I like all sorts and follow at whim
Yeah, there are times when I buck my rules. But my head is a crazy mixed up place.
I left LinkedIn because all of the arse-kissing, overly affectionate recommendations between connections made me want to vomit. 🙂
I’ve just pulled the plug on LinkedIn. I get enough spam from Rec Cons, I don’t need another channel for it to arrive. I’m guessing Ian gets the same kind of stuff through it. Although I did see what was the most false recommendation in the world there once.
🙂
Interesting, I do actually find Linked In helpful for business and making contacts, and introducing people to each other.
Am less active on Twitter, though getting more into it, and may be the best time waster EVER!
I’m out of LinkedIn now; gone, deleted. It didn’t help that I am unable to go in to any degree of detail about my mainstream job, and even unable to say – on some contracts – who I am working for.