Perhaps I am, but I don't think so - for instance, LinkedIn is trying to become the Facebook of the business set, and harvest data for sale in one form or another. I'll put it this way: if it's a free service on the Internet, you're paying in the form of data harvesting, and that's almost certainly true even after you start paying for a service that was free.
On the other hand, a blog, if you have something to say in that form, certainly can be useful for finding an audience, but it requires time to do well, and also isn't something to which I want to dedicate my time. On the gripping hand, "social media" isn't well-defined, and probably means many things to many people. This list is an example - is it social media? While it's free to us, it's, AFAICT, one of the few places I visit (and I use that term loosely, because I don't sign on to the forum, I only post via email) that doesn't harvest data, or if they do, I haven't seen evidence of it. Sunbelt/GFI does get a fair amount of goodwill out of however, and I'm really grateful for the service. And, this list is certainly how I do some of my networking. But in the main, I find what most people consider social media (facebook, linkedin, friendster, myspace, twitter, etc.) to be nothing more than short attention span theater, along with TV, and would rather be spending real time with either friends or a book. Kurt On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Networking has always been important to finding work. You used to do it at > work, user groups etc. Now you can also do it via LinkedIn or a blog etc. > > > > I think you’re confusing Facebook (a specific social media implementation) > with digital networking/reputation (as a general concept) > > > > Cheers > Ken > > > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013 1:51 PM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Career and Social Media > > > > +1000 > > I do not have a facebook account, nor any other social media account other > than LinkedIn. > > Work and personal life are as separate as I can make them. > > Social media is a time stealer and a privacy invader. > > Kurt > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am glad I am getting close to the end of my career. I really dislike > using things like Facebook for anything more than keeping in touch with > family/friends. LinkedIN is about the only "social media" I use for > business. I like to keep the two very separate from each other. > > Jon > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: OT: Career and Social Media > Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:49:52 +0000 > > > > I can attest to that. My last two jobs have come because social media. > > > > Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro > > > > From: Andrew S. Baker > Sent: March 21, 2013 6:38 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: OT: Career and Social Media > > > > > > http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2013-03-21/ > > > > > > > > > > This is the new reality, folks. You don't have to embrace it, but to fight > it is > > going to be > > career limiting > > > > . > > Within 5 years, it will be a major factor in employment... > > > > Who knows about you is becoming as important as what you know. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
