Comments for Kat's Corner

Comment on Let’s Work Together by Ethan Lemoine

Ethan Lemoine — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:33:25 +0000

I’m launching a new social community for my business and need help managing/moderating membership, interaction etc.

Comment on Who Am I? by Kat

Kat — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:45:44 +0000

I’m in Central Indiana, and have been working remotely for many years now.

Comment on Who Am I? by chris baggott

chris baggott — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:41:18 +0000

Where are you located?

Comment on Is Social Media Killing Conversation? by Frank

Frank — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:38:34 +0000

Well said, Kat. I think social media conversations could be best described as “when it’s good for me.” I don’t think many people are bothering to respond to posts by others on these various platforms. It’s at a point where the “popular” people are receiving all the attention while the conversationalist is being engaged to the degree that they would like. Wouldn’t it be nice if the tables were turned for a little. What if the responses that celebrities and internet personalities receive on everything they say from something valuable to “just flushed my toilet” was given to the average person. I think there would be a lot more “REAL” conversations happening. Not to say there aren’t celebrities and internet personalities engaging as best they can because there are. However, there’s not enough. So I think real conversations in social media is not what I’d like it to be personally. I like engaging with as many people as I can, but it’s interesting how those you feel you had a connection with is short lived. It all stems back to the “when it’s good for me” theory I have.

Comment on There is Too Much Noise in My Stream by John Atkinson

John Atkinson — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:18:05 +0000

I have to whole heartedly agree with both of you on this however I will not give up on email as I don’t get much cos no one loves me *sniff sniff*

Seriously though take for example G+ I am seeing the same S**t from the same people I.e. I liked a YouTube I watched a YouTube I wiped a YouTube’ers backside cos they couldn’t reach, in all honesty how is that being social just spamming someone’s timeline without providing any useful information to your followers and viewers. Personally I prefer to read good content or at least given the choice on whether I wish to read it or not at least give me that choice without looking on twitter, facebook etc etc looking at the same crap.

I could go on and on but I think Gordon has summed it very well and I had to leave my 2 cents worth.

Wiggy

Comment on There is Too Much Noise in My Stream by Gordon Keenan

Gordon Keenan — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:56:46 +0000

The solution really is very simple, but most people really do not see it because they have become brainwashed into thinking that everything has to happen NOW, communication has to happen NOW, replies have to happen NOW, when in fact really there is no need at al, except for inside your own head.

Recently, without telling anyone, I undertook to remove a whole range of people from my Facebook, Twitter and all the other sites. The people removed are people who have no interaction with me at all, not even a single comment, thumbs up, chat, complaint etc, so while I have tried my best to interact with them on their sites, clearly by not replying to me or interacting with anything I do, they are in fact not really interested in anything I do! SO DELETE and they are gone. Any screams or any change in my life? Nope.

Next up was to drop channels that I felt contained people who seemed more interested in boosting their own ego or self importance, at the expense of their viewers, while giving out bleeding heart stories and asking for donations of money to fund their venture.

Has this changed anything? Actually yes! No longer do I have to interact with people who irritate me, or try to protect other people who cannot defend themselves, so I leave one set of people to fend for themselves and the other to continue feeding their own ego, while I have less stress in my life.

Email checking all the time is also a thing of the past. Put it this way. If someone sends me an email rather than calling me up, then clearly the information is not urgent and can wait till a suitable time when I can be bothered. More so, if it’s over a weekend when all I want to do is relax pick up some general news and not really deal with business stuff.

So what am I left with to do with my time that I have cleared up?

Anyone who follows me on Twitter will know that I post a wide range of comments from informative, bitchy, nosey, witty (debatable I know but Im soon to block off the people with no sense of humour) or general replies to other people on my Twitter feed. I make sure that I interact on Twitter, check out people’s video and blogs (oh heck is that how I found this one… Yeah of course, it was Tweeted out). and take the time to see how people are doing in general and don’t just ignore them.

Facebook also gets my attention but mostly full of nonsense, with close friends and family, and in turn I have no need to update this instantly as I speak to them!

So, I have cut the online crap from my life, I no longer feel that I MUST DO THIS or that I MUST DO THAT, what I do now is interact when I feel like it, but regularly. The rest of my time now is spend on researching, training, and real world interaction.

I do not feel guilty about any of the changes that I have undertaken, and the only people who would complain I suspect are the ones now blocked or deleted! So clearly for these types of people, they really only do appreciate you when you are gone!

So, to everyone out there who follows other people on the various social sites, why not take the time to actually interact with other folk, why, thats what being social is all about!

Comment on No, I do Not Want an iPad by Michael Thompson

Michael Thompson — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:28:54 +0000

You tell ‘em Kat!

Comment on Is Social Media Killing Conversation? by Bryce Wilcock

Bryce Wilcock — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:31:29 +0000

So true! I have used mIRC, Facebook and Myspace in recent years and the conversations you have with people are almost like real conversations. Building relationships with people online as simply friendships is more effective than ever, this is why it is also such a huge target reach for organisations.

Comment on Gary Vaynerchuk Takes Over the World One Book at a Time by Gary vaynerchuk

Gary vaynerchuk — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:17:28 +0000

No… #thankyou darling and it was awesome to hugz at Javitz

Comment on Facebook is the Walmart of Social Media by Dorthe Stricker

Dorthe Stricker — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:33:31 +0000

I have mixed feeling about Facebook. But one of their downfalls could be the inability to act professionally.

If Facebook want the corporate world to take them seriously, they have to start to return the favour. A company want some kind of security that their investment will be worth the while and money.

And this trust is missing when Facebook by a whim is changing the setting of Like-pages without fair warning.

Sometimes I feel that Facebook is managed by a bunch of very young nerds and geeks (no offence I live with one) who haven’t got the slightest clue about what their customers wants and needs. And furthermore isn’t interested to find out.

And that’s just purely arrogant.