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Social Networking Fatigue?

I’m getting Social Networking Fatigue - are you?

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17 Responses to “Social Networking Fatigue?”

  1. I’d reply but I’m far too fatigued.

    My social networking “fatigue” is actually more “ridiculous deadline fatigue.” When my deadlines are slipping or the clients have expectations that are demanding, it looks bad if I’m playing around on the social nets. Of course, sending a quick Twitter over Twhirl is not big deal. It’s almost a refreshing break from thinking about code and can take just a few seconds. But to the client who may very well be on that social net, it looks like I’m goofing off. My social network slowdowns are almost always related to deadlines and projecting the right image.

    “Social networking fatigue”? I’d say when life has us a bit overwhelmed we probably become less inspired to be on the social networks just like we become less inspired to be social in real life.

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    Steve Purkiss reply on May 12, 2008 12:34 pm:

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  2. :raises hand: Fatigued here.

    I’ve not Tweeted except for very little - and I have a few sites set up to automatically Tweet, but I can’t say those count. I’ve not been to Seesmic in a while; I’ve not even updated my thread about my son there. About the only thing I do on Facebook at the moment is play Scrabulous just so I can have some kind of ‘mental breaks’ through the day. I keep threatening to drop MySpace and have since January - and as soon as I can come up with a decent ‘farewell’ letter, it’s going.

    I’m on Bebo — but I’m only there because my sons are both there. It’s a great way to keep up with them and their friends.

    Thing is, there are just so many social networks out there and more cropping up daily, seems like. My problem is sorting out which ones are actually doing something for me and which aren’t. For example, I’m leaving MySpace because I’ve been there three years and can’t see what it’s done for me.

    I second what Doug said about deadlines, too. I’ve already missed two, mostly due to poor scheduling. However, I’m working on that. I simply must create and adhere to a good, working schedule. Immediately.

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    Steve Purkiss reply on May 12, 2008 3:33 pm:

    Hi Mari - glad to see I’m not the only one!

    I’m also interested to see projects like this one for a decentralized twitter:

    http://www.johnbreslin.com/blog/2008/05/09/prototype-for-distributed-decentralised-microblogging-using-semantics/

    I think this is a precursor for the way forward - currently there’s lots of sites springing up but at the end of the day you should be able to keep hold of your data then choose to publish it to whomever, rather than lots of big companies telling you what they’ll let you do with it.

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    Mari Adkins reply on May 12, 2008 7:23 pm:

    Oh that looks terrific! And I agree - at the end of the day, it’s my information/data. :)

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  3. nice widget! :)

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    Steve Purkiss reply on May 12, 2008 5:17 pm:

    Indeed - it’s phantastic! ;)

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    Mari Adkins reply on May 12, 2008 7:22 pm:

    Have had trouble getting mine to work properly. However, I think it’s a webhost issue and not a website/Mari issue.

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    Doug McCaughan reply on May 13, 2008 1:57 am:

    Mmmm. That is a nice widget, Kosso!

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    Steve Purkiss reply on May 13, 2008 11:33 am:

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  6. I don’t think I’m fatigued, personally, but I do feel like a lot of these social networking sites lack a proper application. I am so fed up with getting invites on Facebook to ‘be a zombie/vampire/pirate’ or ‘compare/sell/weigh my friends’ that I have all but abandoned it.

    I’m not sick of networking per se, but I do hope we end up with a system where the individual controls how they use it. Doug nailed it for me in his last comment. I use foomandoonian.net as my own personal networking hub, and I’m hoping with Friend Connect, XFN and all these other info sharing standards that I will be able to transform it into something much more useful. I think this is a good model.

    I’m still enjoying Twitter a great deal though, but I don’t think there was ever a point to that!

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  9. Hi Steve!
    Long time no see!
    Good to hear from you… no webcam here at the Isle of Sheppey!
    Regarding Social Networking, I think people often get involved hoping to make contact with others who may be able to give them business or answers, but this leads to detached, remote, unsatisfying relationships and often wastes time.
    I might have the wrong end of the stick here, but although the online experience can often lead to physical events… such as we had in Wine Bars in Chelmsford or Social Networking Football Matches etc.etc. it seems that the contact rarely leads to anything more meaningful or mutually beneficial.
    I mainly use the internet for genealogy, saving boot leather and time… and finding my roots for me is a very healing thing. I mainly twitter on MSN Live Messenger and this keeps me in contact with friends & family where ever I am. I have over 500 Contacts who are related to me in some way and we actively share research findings all the time… I share this because I do not find this tiresome… it very exciting in fact and meaningful. Is this Social Networking? If so it is not tiresome at all!
    Anyway… back to it!
    Genealogy… so many ancestors… so little time!
    By the way… where in the world are you now Steve?

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    Steve Purkiss reply on July 9, 2008 10:14 pm:

    Hi Linda - great to hear from you!

    I go through phases of online offline stuff, but it’s mostly online, and with live people lol ;) Actually done a lot of research on my own family history, which is why I don’t do much more lol again ;)
    See you at the Beer Festival on Saturday I hope - I will be streaming my beer tasting live to the interweb through my phone camera!

    I live in Chelmsford, but moving to Brighton soon…

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