What should I do with my online existence?

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AsI mentioned in my last post, I am finally starting to see some light withsocial networking.  A little light anyway.  Now that I have somefriends on Facebook, including my best friend from elementary school andone of my close teenage friends from Cape Cod summers, Facebook is makingmore sense to me.  I KNOW it's supposed to be for business networkingtoo, but I really like the idea of (re-)connecting with far off friendsinstead.  I could post pictures of my family, fun stuff that we do,etc.  Except that I have some business contacts on there too.  Thosecontacts really don't need to see pictures of my kids or my airplane.  Sohow the heck am I supposed to be using this?  I'm still paying someattention to Twitter too, but still think that's a complete waste of time. I wonder if I can make Facebook my personal space and concentrateon LinkedIn for more business oriented stuff, which is sort of the focusof those media anyway...?  I'm open to suggestions here.Posted by Bill Greenberg On 11/18/2008| Digg This | Permalink

Comments 1 - Yeah, I really think Facebook is more geared for personal interactions a relationships. It can be for business contacts too, but only those that you'd want to have a beer with or hang out with outside of work.

LinkedIn is made specifically for professional relationship building and has tools to help you network and connect with work colleagues without giving away anything about your personal life.

I say use each social network for what it's made for. Twitter is made for people who have a following of fans or friends who care what they are up to 24-7. Not too practical for most regular people I think. I use it for my "musician" stuff, which I keep seperate from my "computer guy" stuff.

You are now my friend on both Facebook and LiinkedIn which I think is awesome, Facebook allows me to see the man behind the Techie...which is always a treat. Posted by Your Friendly Neighborhood Computer Guy At 12:07:51 PM On 11/18/2008 |- Website - |

2 - I use facebook mostly for personal and LinkedIN for business.

But, if you want to use facebook for business, make use of the privacy settings to block business contacts from seeing photos or your wall.Posted by Pinny Cohen At 08:30:14 PM On 01/13/2009 |- Website - |

3 - Good idea, Pinny, but I've definitely decided to keep business contacts off of my Facebook account. In the last couple of weeks my Facebook fascination has slowed down dramatically and eventually will disappear completely I think.Posted by Bill Greenberg At 04:50:20 PM On 01/14/2009 |- Website - |

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