Comments on: Clearing out the social media clutter in 2010 http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/ A blog about the world of PR and New Media Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:48:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Kat odin http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-39124 Kat odin Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:30 +0000 http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-39124 For me Twitter and Facebook are totally different things. And your question whether we actually want to connect with people we don’t know, I would say it depends what social media platform you are using. For me Fasebook is only for my friends i know in real life, i don't accept any request from people I don't know. However I use my Twitter to get to know people i haven't meet, i use it for my degree and other professionals i would like to follow and know what they think. Twitter doesn't have that personal relationship like Facebook, which for me has no problem connecting with people i don't know. For me Twitter and Facebook are totally different things. And your question whether we actually want to connect with people we don’t know, I would say it depends what social media platform you are using. For me Fasebook is only for my friends i know in real life, i don’t accept any request from people I don’t know. However I use my Twitter to get to know people i haven’t meet, i use it for my degree and other professionals i would like to follow and know what they think. Twitter doesn’t have that personal relationship like Facebook, which for me has no problem connecting with people i don’t know.

]]> By: Marita http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-31219 Marita Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:31:43 +0000 http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-31219 Rob - I agree, the problem with hashtags is that there're so many floating around and the popular ones are targeted by spammers (remember the Habitat incident?). Brizzly looks promising! Rob - I agree, the problem with hashtags is that there’re so many floating around and the popular ones are targeted by spammers (remember the Habitat incident?). Brizzly looks promising!

]]> By: Marita http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-31217 Marita Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:12:30 +0000 http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-31217 Thanks for your comment Mark. Perhaps we won't see mass unfriending, but rather targeted unfriending and avoiding updates and escaping streams with new tools, such as Brizzly, as Rob has pointed out. Thanks for your comment Mark. Perhaps we won’t see mass unfriending, but rather targeted unfriending and avoiding updates and escaping streams with new tools, such as Brizzly, as Rob has pointed out.

]]> By: Rob Dyson http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-31209 Rob Dyson Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:10:20 +0000 http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-31209 Interesting debate, and I think ubiquitous hashtags like #followfriday are becoming a little tedious, indirect, and certainly wash over me (even the few I'm in!). Some new Twitter tools (I'm thinking of Brizzly) are already offering 'sleep' modes where you can switch off designated tweeters at the tick of a box; it aims this (it says) at tweeps that are incessantly tweeting from conferences and you need to escape their stream. Personally I like to follow conference #'s but sure there are some tweeps I'd like to put to sleep now and again (and I don't doubt they'd like to recipricate!). Interesting debate, and I think ubiquitous hashtags like #followfriday are becoming a little tedious, indirect, and certainly wash over me (even the few I’m in!).

Some new Twitter tools (I’m thinking of Brizzly) are already offering ’sleep’ modes where you can switch off designated tweeters at the tick of a box; it aims this (it says) at tweeps that are incessantly tweeting from conferences and you need to escape their stream. Personally I like to follow conference #’s but sure there are some tweeps I’d like to put to sleep now and again (and I don’t doubt they’d like to recipricate!).

]]> By: Mark Pack http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-31207 Mark Pack Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:00:10 +0000 http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/clearing-out-the-social-media-clutter-in-2010/#comment-31207 It's a good analysis, but it reminds me rather of several that were made in last 08/early 09 as predictions for 2009 - and 2009 didn't really turn out that way. Perhaps next year will, but this year turned out not to be the year of mass unfriending, large scale filtering etc. It’s a good analysis, but it reminds me rather of several that were made in last 08/early 09 as predictions for 2009 - and 2009 didn’t really turn out that way. Perhaps next year will, but this year turned out not to be the year of mass unfriending, large scale filtering etc.

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