http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/taxonomy/term/1199/0 en http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/social <p>Over the past few years I have joined several social networking sites and continue to use a few of them regularly. These sites serve different purposes for me and I have started to come up with strategies of whom to connect with where. Here are the general guidelines that I have developed (subject to spontaneous change and arbitrary override).</p> <ol> <li>On <a href="http://www.linkedin.com" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn</a> I only link with people that I know in person , worked with in real life or have worked with online intensively in different open source projects. , have communicated with over different media. there are couple of exceptions in my connections from my early days when I didn't have my own set of rules yet. (Some of them have been unlinked now actually) <p>LinkedIn is my personal Addressbook, not a public Phone guide :) </p> </li><li>I only follow people who inform and/or entertain me on <a href="http://twitter.com/" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a> and I don't care about followers, so don't expect me to follow you back.<br /> (I`m not using Identi.ca anymore .. given no relevant userbase) </li><li>On location based services (like <a href="http://www.tripit.com" rel="nofollow">Tripit</a>, <a href="http://www.dopplr.com/" rel="nofollow">Dopplr</a> ), I connect to people that I would genuinely like to meet up with when traveling and who I trust not to rob my house when I am away. If we haven't met yet, but you want to meet this is the place to connect !<br /> (Forget about Dopplr.. only Tripit for now..) </li><li>Yes, <a href="http://www.doyoupoken.com" rel="nofollow">I did Poken</a>, but obviously only with people I meet in person, and I`m still waiting for that first Poken with someone I don't know yet. (I was close but ... :)) (Update: Poken is kinda obsolete, and my battery is s dead anyhow) </li><li>Sadly I`m using <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> again , I only connect to people I know, and I generally Ignore all group invites, and block all applications. I'd actually prefer not using it at all. </li><li>I`m keeping an Eye on <a href="plus.google.com">Google+</a> .. but I`m not seeing much action </li><li>I'm so not <a href="http://www.plaxo.com/" rel="nofollow">Plaxo</a>, <a href="http://www.xing.com/" rel="nofollow">Xing</a> and <a href="http://www.ecademy.com/" rel="nofollow">Ecademy</a> anymore, I sometimes log on there, once every 6 months hoping nobody was stupid enough to send me a message there .. </li><li>To me Wink, Spock, Naymz and some others I forgot are Dead </li><li>I join new social networks often with no intention of actually using them, but just to make sure <a href="http://tdc.blogsite.org/index.php" rel="nofollow">Tom</a> doesn't sign up impersonating me </li></ol> <p>Well, those are my rules and I’m stickin’ to ‘em… at least, for now and when I don’t forget them.</p> <p>(Idea shamelessly copied from <a href="http://www.contenthere.net/2009/02/my-social-network-friend-policy.html" rel="nofollow">Seth</a> :))</p> http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/social#comments dopplr doyoupoken facebook linkedin naymz plaxo poken social networking spock wink Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:54:42 +0000 Kris Buytaert 880 at http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog