Comments on: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Amplify, Posterous – Which Social Networks Should You Be On?

By: Lee Garverick

Lee Garverick — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:06:20 +0000

Thanks for this article Joanna. I am teaching a social media class for moms as a party we sold at our school fundraiser auction - this is going in the materials.

By: Melisa

Melisa — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:27:16 +0000

I agree with Lara. I’ve been thinking about it, and I wonder which is really great for personal use and which is better for professional use. Anyway I’ll try the ones you mentioned. Thanks for the information.

By: Lara Swanson

Lara Swanson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:28:36 +0000

I think that the first question is the most interesting - which networks for personal use, and which networks for professional use? At which point is it okay for the personal and professional networks to become intertwined? I find that the line between them is getting the most blurry for me on Facebook, where I’m connected with friends, family and business colleagues.

By: eric goldstein

eric goldstein — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:10:15 +0000

You ask some interesting questions Joanna. One’s that many people are trying to resolve. I think Jill’s overview of each service is on the money. I personally enjoy sharing perspective on news that i share - and being able to understand other people’s perspective. I find this hard to do on Twitter, given the 140 character limition. That’s why i was motivated to create Amplify and why i enjoy it a lot. I like to keep up with Twitter too, as a great way to listen to and communicate with a large, diverse group of people. Hope to see you on Amplify :)

By: Garry Polmateer

Garry Polmateer — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:13:09 +0000

I average 20-30 minutes a day. My favorite social network is Twitter. It’s easy to engage, quick to get a lot of information and I have a fabulous group of folks that I routinely network with (that’s how I find out about MatrixFiles blog posts ;)

I don’t distinguish between personal and professional. My honest opinion is when you network with me, you get the whole package, managing multiple personalities would truly drive me insane, much worse than managing multiple social networks.

I post everything of interest to Twitter, I post pics to Facebook, I have discussions about products on LinkedIn and don’t use Google Buzz (yet). Maybe when Buzz comes to GoogleApps, but I don’t have a personal Gmail account, just my company one.

Garry

By: Ray Stankiewicz

Ray Stankiewicz — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:51:01 +0000

What do you think of Buzz? Google’s latest offering of Buzz was met with a lot of criticism. I didn’t really realize just how much I had signed up for when I opted into the network. Now, every time I click the share button in Google Reader it gets shared out in Gmail as a sent item. I didn’t even realize!

I’m all for integrated services, but Google’s lack of explanation of how exactly the service worked turned a lot of people off.