Comments on: Social Media Getting Too Close For Comfort?

By: Andrew Wee

Andrew Wee — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:07:49 +0000

I guess in it’s earlier iteration, the creator might’ve figured you’d have about 50 followers and maybe you’d follow about 10 of them.

If you’re following more than 20 prolific twitterers, it’s gonna get busy…plenty quick!

Let’s see if they fix it, else how about teaming up to work on something?

By: Jeremy Palmer

Jeremy Palmer — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:49:04 +0000

I agree with the idea of a social sub folder. Makes a lot of sense. I follow a lot of people, and there are a # of posts that I would rather not read. Would be nice to have that filter. Part of Twitter’s beauty is it’s simplicity, but adding a few features like this would make it a lot nicer.

By: Andrew Wee

Andrew Wee — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:43:51 +0000

Good to know.

Just a matter of time before the social networks go up a level and have a “social sub-folder” so you can put breakdown content into family/client stuff and stuff for everyone else.

By: Jeremy Palmer

Jeremy Palmer — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:39:32 +0000

I do put a lot of personal stuff in my twitter stream – e.g having beers at the football game, watching movie with kids etc. I want people following me to know who I am.

I do make it a point not to micro blog about things that are too mundane, and I don’t twitter 30x a day. I mix personal and business.

I do have a public/private separation, but if I consider it a private matter – I just don’t broadcast.

By: Andrew Wee

Andrew Wee — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:19:07 +0000

Hi Jeremy,
Good points.

Would you put personal stuff in your QYDJ twitter stream though?

IE: do you have a private/public life separation?

Or how do you deal with that?

By: Jagdu Fresno

Jagdu Fresno — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:33:49 +0000

Social media can be very dangerous on a professional level. One of my clients hired me to fix some search engine results showing his arrest record that a potential employer brought to his attention!

By: Jeremy Palmer

Jeremy Palmer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:53:12 +0000

As Lisa mentions, how do you separate your twitter stream and create a divide between the public and personal messages – how do you create twits that your boss or employees or clients canâ€™t access?

I have 2 accounts, but I only use 1 (quityourdayjob). I reserved my name (jeremypalmer) so nobody would take it. My company and I are one in the same. QYDJ is a part of who I am and my online brand. When people do business with QYDJ they’re doing business with Jeremy Palmer. On the other hand, friends know I spend a lot of waking hours every day on QYDJ, so I don’t see the need to maintain two separate accounts.

If I were Microsoft or Apple I would probably do it differently, and setup a dedicated account for my company.

How do you filter your updates (AKA â€œcontentâ€).

I generally follow everyone that follows me – as long as they’re not a Twitter Spammer. It’s not hard to do when you’re following a few hundred people. That may change if I start following more than that.

Twitter tells me who these people are and helps me develop a personal relationship with them, which I think is very important in business and life.

The only thing I filter on Twitter are mobile updates. For example, I have mobile alerts on my closest friends and people breaking big news e.g. Michael Arrington.

Great post Andrew!