Social networking is just a phase … yeah right!

I am not looking for an online date. I think the internet is a great thing to have when you don’t feel like being social, but don’t want to be alone either.

I have never really had the problem of finding people to talk to online, since I have always been a big networker, but today I have decided to look a little more into social networking and how the average user might see it.

After adding a bunch of people I have known from domain and SEO forums for years, I got that warning that I cannot add any more friends or my account might get disabled.

Ouch!

So instead I checked out an application on Facebook called Are you interested? and what you do is choose yes, yes anonymous or skip on pictures of girls back to back.

At first nobody or only 5 in an hour after clicking yes on like 100 and was like, wtf. But then a girl emailed me and suggested to put my real pic up there instead of my logo (cause they automatically think you are ugly if you don’t have a pic), and it worked.

Where was this when I was 16 and my mom grounded me?

This crap is addictive. To say the least.

Like most of the people who read this I joined those networks to network and promote.

Now I have like 20 messages from girls who want to know more about me, but needless to say, this is the time to pull the plug.

A lot of people have made statements that social media is only a phase. That is 100% wrong. Social media is only in its infancy and I believe there will be a lot more advanced applications which make connecting with likeminded easier.

being able to connect is a need everyone has, and the younger you are, the more active you are in persuing it.

Mainly I recall the interview with Doug now who made that statement. It’s good to be happy in your life, set in your ways and have no need to have more friends. but the young generation growing up with this will be instantly addicted.

but what would this post be without a shameless plug of my profile so you can add me as a friend?

Nothing!

So here it is

http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=531697008

Oh and if you hit up any of my female “friends”, I will find out and whoop your ass

Oh and here is some advice for the women who think they don’t have the right look to have their pic in their profile. Just do it! You think all the guys there are hot?

Mike Dammann

Social Media Insanity

I have just come across this blogpost on mashable and thought to myself, could it be that I have missed out a few of the real big social networks? Then I checked my old email account and sure enough they are all there. Except Orkut, not sure how I missed that one, but I did. My question is now how I can possibly find the time to do the same thing on each and everyone of those. And then I wonder why I should, and of course, it would be nuts for me to do so.

When a friend of mine saw the list that Tamar participates in, he was amazed and now I realize mine could be just as long.

Does it make sense to participate in so many of them and why?

Yes it does, because unless us web geeks, regular people often join the first one they see, invite all their friends to it and then stick with that one out of habit.

If you want to reach a global audience, then I do suggest joining as many as possible, but by all means, stick with the ones that work best for you and keep the others on file and participate as needed.

So out of all the social media networks I myself am on, there are 5 or 6 I truly recommend. If you are doing it just for the ranking benefit, stick with the ones I have listed here.

I am on every messenger there is, but Yahoo! Messenger is THE one I prefer and am on most of the time, except of course GTalk by default whenever I log in there.

This is how I treat my social network activity. Go where the flow is. Whereever those you want to network with hang, is where you should be. I just realized I am on Orkut as well btw. So don’t waste too much time like I have done. I personally like Twitter and Facebook, but that doesn’t mean you should be on those as well. Stick with the ones that work for you. Twitter is where many of the SEO people hang, if it wasn’t for that, I would probably not be on there.

If you find one that you really like, then email invite your friends to it, but don’t overdo it with every place you join.

Just a few of my thoughts as I am working thru the night.

Mike Dammann

Twitter is so far the simplest yet best concept on gaining information

With all that is being said and done regarding social networking and how a search engine benefit plays a huge role in the participation on many, I have to say that when it comes to getting cut and dry and real information, Twitter is by far the best.
The fact that you can just blur out a link to a story and read what other people in your niche are participating in is VERY helpful when it comes to avoiding having to read thru so much material that you are not interested in. I personally have no time to check whether a blog I read has made a new post or not, and am not that interested in reading thru a lot of comments to see whether one of them is in reply to one of mine or not.
Twitter works almost like Yahoo! messenger on a more global scale. At least for me. Following all of the best SEO people out there, it reminds me of the old threadwatch. Twitter is so simple, but exactly what people have been waiting for. I’m sure that soon we have something much better and more effective in place, but right now, Twitter beats everything when it comes to being a place to help you stay on top of news that YOU are interested in.

Mike