Comments on: Google Buzz FAQ https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/google-buzz-faq.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:30:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joseph Marston https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/google-buzz-faq.html/comment-page-1#comment-21152 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:52:17 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/google-buzz-faq.html#comment-21152 It was easy for me to give Google buzz a pass. I don’t consider that I have something in common with someone simple because he or she has a gmail account. In fact, it seems that most people have gmail accounts to protect their primary accounts from spammers.

When used well, Twitter is extraordinary for interacting with others. Different people have different styles, but with some thoughtful planning, it can be powerful.

As to Facebook … it has a long life and is by far the largest social network in the world. At least, according to to Wikipedia.

]]> By: joannieri https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/google-buzz-faq.html/comment-page-1#comment-19711 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:41:29 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/google-buzz-faq.html#comment-19711 There are ads appearing all over the net right now speaking of the “false friendships” that the social media are encouraging. (People saying things like, “Look, I have 2000 friends.”)

I am wondering what your opinion is.

The thrust of the ads is that when we use something like FaceBook what we are actually doing is talking to ourselves. There is no depth to the relationships, and therefore no meaning.

I suppose from a business perspective it makes sense to have lots of contacts, but, even there, the average Joe doesn’t have deep knowledge or deep skill to share, and therefore no product, unless they are doing something like online recruiting for a project like Linda Christas.

So, instead of getting deep knowledge or deep skill, folks are spending their time (the ads say) mistaking their opinions for having something worthwhile to say.

What say you about this?

I have noticed that folks are getting involved in social media, set up great blogs, etc, and then lacking anything really substantial to say other than a photo of fido puking on the floor.

I’m looking for the other side of this argument. I know my doctor just gave his FaceBook account up telling me it was consuming lots of his time, and he actually had a life to live, and duties to perform off net.

That’s my whole point. People who actually have a life and duties to perform probably won’t be on the net claiming thousands of paper thin acquaintances. Yes? No?

Joan

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