Comments on: Finding Meaning in “Friending” and “Following”

By: Ashley Showen

Ashley Showen — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:49:53 +0000

Wow. Well said. Although some have said that Twitter almost seems like a step back from television and other instant media, but I agree that it is allowing us to connect in new ways. Thanks for your insight!

By: Colm Howard-Lloyd

Colm Howard-Lloyd — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:36:54 +0000

And the lesson above is never to cut and paste your Twitter link if you didnt get the one you want. You can follow me at http://www.twitter.com/colmhowardlloyd Keeping and Verifying Your Online Identity as the next blog subject perhaps?

By: Colm Howard-Lloyd

Colm Howard-Lloyd — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:32:17 +0000

For me as a government wonk social media saves hours of precious time. Today on Twitter I’ve had a discussion with an MP about the G20 and whether smoking is being allowed (it isn’t), I found some good background to a regeneration project and over on my FaceBook I good a great update from our Ambassador in North Korea. At the weekend I cried of pictures of my new friends baby, got details of a party I’d missed and learnt about a new Pride event needing help.
Social Media is currently entering somewhat of a second phase. Back in the days of MySpace and others we setup a static page with some funny photos and some text about us and waited for our friends to “link”. Nowadays its not so much about the information we post-up but the information we can get from our contacts or links. To get the help I’ve mentioned about I’d need to group email all possible contacts: wasting their time and diminishing the likelihood of a response each time. Now I just post on Twitter and links and strangers alike respond if they can, and if they are watching.
This new social media is a great way to get your message to the world and receive replies on your own terms. It must work: I came to this blog-post by following @outfrontblog. You can follow me at http://www.twitter.com/truthmonkey

By: Renee Rosenfeld

Renee Rosenfeld — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:50:07 +0000

There’s so much to consider here. I find that social networking is keeping me connected to people I may otherwise loose track of, events I might not know about and a window into opinions that help me understand. You’ve just begun to scratch the surface here. Keep discussing and surely we’ll be diving into the deep end.