Sunday, December 2, 2007

It’s about who you know

Community, Connecting, Social media

Like many people immersed in social and new media technologies, I regularly receive friend requests through services like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. About 60% of the time, I know or have met the person from whom the request originates. The rest of the requests come from people I’ve never heard of.

So, how do I know if these people are friends? I don’t. My approach is to assess their existing friends and followers for people I trust. If I see a name like Bob Goyetche or Whitney Hoffman (among others), I immediately accept the request.

How does your trusted network work for you?

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Doing the social media thing

Networking, Social media

If I’ve learned anything in the last few weeks, it’s to get on the social media networking bandwagon.  So, I’m working on building my knowledge of Technorati, Digg, del.icio.us and LinkedIn.

As proof, I’m using this post to claim my Technorati Profile.

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