Comments on: Do You Hate Social Media?

By: Kenneth Elliott

Kenneth Elliott — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:13:27 +0000

I have a love hate relationship with social media. I hate that people say that they can drive thousands of hits from it to their websites and I can’t. I love that I can keep up with friends though.

By: Elise

Elise — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:21:34 +0000

I’ve slowly begun to use social media channels like Twitter and Facebook. And, while I see how they can create excitement for brands and organizations, I don’t see how that excitement translates into something measurable…something that warrants the time it takes to follow, post, link, comment, etc. I know I’ve got a lot to learn. What is that I’m not “getting?”

By: Bobby Winchell

Bobby Winchell — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:48:46 +0000

I’m a recent convert to a lover of social media because of the networking/traffic aspects.
If you aren’t using these types of media
you are going to fall way behind.
You can get addicted to chatting around everywhere and it will do you no good at all then.
Bobby
http://www.bbobbywinchell.com/blog

By: Gene Brady

Gene Brady — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:30:39 +0000

Social media is addicting at first. Each new one I discover I go gonzo for days, then wear my red palms out, carpal tunnelling for hours.

Shake it off bleary-eyed and then on to another tool.

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By: Takumi86

Takumi86 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:15:03 +0000

I have been using Social Media for the last 3 month and i have made so many friend there, not just submitting my article that i found over the net. So yes i’m Social Media Lover

By: Conrad Hees

Conrad Hees — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:51:25 +0000

I am with Kelly 100%. I try to Stumble, but thats about it. I work maybe 60hrs. a week, and my time is just too limited to really keep up with some of the social media sites. I know I am suffering for it, but i just can’t justify the time to put into it right now. I’d rather get my content right first.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:40:00 +0000

Michael,

No way, I’m definitely not a hater. I’m a “wish I could-er.” I may not see a lot of $-ROI in Twitter, but I like fun, and not everything has to have an ROI.

The problem is, I have two buckets to pull time out of, work and family/life. And I won’t pull more out of family/life. So that leaves work, and I can’t make that make sense, so I sigh on the sidelines. If I ever win the time-lottery and get an extra hour or two added to my day, I’m there.

Hehe. No, the truth is if I won the time lottery I’d put more into my family bucket, and maybe just a little into sleep! But I’d be more tempted…

Regards,

Kelly

By: Cindi ~ Moomettesgra

Cindi ~ Moomettesgra — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:13:27 +0000

I would like to consider myself a Social Media Friend. Also, I feel I’m coming at all this from a different perspective.

As a Baby Boomer bordering on retirement and establishing a WAHM biz to take me into my retirement years, I obviously didn’t grow up with computers, instant messaging or the like. So I am playing catch-up.

At one point I had a MySpace page, which I’ve since closed. My target market just wasn’t there. I do have a Face Book page, which I contribute too, and ignore all the associated applications. I agree with the commentors above me ~ Digg and StumbleUpon don’t provide the value that was originally intended.

Since discovering Twitter, find that is the medium that provides the best ROI for me. I like the immediacy of it and the ability to be referred to some very pertinent niche topics, blogs, news & events. I’m selective with those I follow, and have developed some very nice friendships and networking contacts. My followers are all selfishlessly willing to share information.

Additionally, the Web 2.0 groups that I belong to, among them ~ Twittermoms.com, MomBloggersClub.com, MomFuse.com and the list goes on, are wonderful sources of inspiration.

I assess the value of each group I join and participate in. Some I’ve dropped out of or don’t frequent on a regular basis.

As my grandmom who lived to be 101 always said, “everything in moderation.”

By: April

April — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:48:02 +0000

I have referred to myself as a social media groupie. I have no desire to be the “lead singer”, I’m perfectly content just hanging around backstage and watching in awe.

I think some social media platforms, particularly Twitter, can be very powerful. I first heard about Twitter as part of a story about a young American student who had been jailed in Egypt or somewhere because he was protesting. He used his phone to tweet it and his loved ones back in the US were able to get him out.

Look at how Twitter played into the election this year. Look at the Motrin Moms. Love it or hate it, its hard to deny that Twitter has power. The problem is that (here comes my inner geek) “with great power comes great responsibility” and there’s a lot of irresponsible use of Twitter, like the spam, the people who are only there to sell something, etc.

I don’t use Digg and I rarely use Stumble Upon. I think those are bordering on spam because its not about quality anymore, its about getting traffic. I use Delicious for one thing only – its where I save recipes as recommended by SimpleMom.net.

When I first got into all of this stuff, I signed up for as many social media sites as I could – Twitter, Friendfeed, Utterli, Plurk, identi.ca, you name it. But its just too much. I think it gets to a point where people can become so obsessed with promoting something that it takes away from whatever it is that they’re promoting.

Sometimes I worry that I’m missing out on some great opportunity if I go a day or even an hour with checking in on Twitter so I have to remind myself that the reason I haven’t been on there all day is because I am devoting my time and energy to the opportunity I already have in front of me.