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A list of 10 social media habits that I am stopping immediately
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Feb 16, 2009


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1. I am no longer looking to subscribe to individual blogs via RSS.
If I admire a blogger, such as Mike Fruchter, I look whether he has a Google Shared Items page to which he bookmarks his top blog po...

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Polyana,
Feb 16, 2009
great list - i might have to follow suit!
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Eimgsocial,
Feb 16, 2009
Very similar list to mine actually :)
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Wellness360,
Feb 16, 2009
Sound Advice
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Markus Merz,
Feb 16, 2009
Number 4 makes a lot of sense to me. One service for reading habits and one for the real bookmark archive. Of course all shared via FriendFeed, microblogging and on the blog :-)
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Diannehansen,
Feb 16, 2009
My word! You've helped me get my online act together...
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Sumanth,
Feb 17, 2009
#2, the moment i read, I followed it. :)
#3. I completely agree with it. Over all its a nice article.
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Nigelwalsh,
Feb 17, 2009
A great post - some of thes I do by default, others are good solid advice.. The one I disagree with is #6. Surely Twitpic is about the 'now' not later. Imagine you were the guy who took the Hudson picture on twitpic, it was the moment that was relevant, not the convenience. I appreciate you do not - unless absolutely necesscary, but sharing a pic is often better with no words.... just my 2c.
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Dunc Mac,
Feb 17, 2009
You've raised some interesting points, thanks for the ideas.
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Nicolaquinn,
Feb 17, 2009
I would also add stop obsessing about number of followers. Since adopting a 'couldn't care less' attitude I seem to get heaps of new ones every day :)
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Copysmith,
Feb 17, 2009
I like your list and I agree. I've cut way down on using Twitter. Some of this stuff can be a total waste of time.
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Daynamarcum,
Feb 17, 2009
#10 is classic. on #9? Friends and family more than others, care to know about a person, their interests and tweets, too!
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Kendra,
Feb 18, 2009
Great article. It's true, social media changes, evolves, grows...our techniques for employing it should follow suit.
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Romey Louangvila,
Feb 18, 2009
@daynamarcum I actually agree with your comments... weird, same thoughts in my head.
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Charlesheflin,
Feb 18, 2009
This is why the social media bubble is going to bust. As more and more people realize that there is little fruit in laborious social media initiatives.
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Kendra,
Feb 18, 2009
I don't think that makes social media a bubble destined to burst. The hype gets replaced with greater understanding and the best tools survive and become part of our mainstream marketing tools.
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Daynamarcum,
Feb 18, 2009
@charlesheflin If I didn't know better, I might think you're trying to start a heated debate... hmmm let's see how this works out, should be interesting.
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Charlesheflin,
Feb 18, 2009
@Kendra - Let me phrase this another way... As people "hone in on" the initiatives that work they will drop other networks in favor of the ones with the most exposure/pull (for them) ... this will cause a washout of all the less popular networks all the way down to smaller niche networks. This is the bubble that will burst... Only the strong will survive.

There will be a mass exodus... As an example, I predict that there will be a mass Twitter exodus as more and more people begin to realize that MOST people could care less what you're doing right now. As more and more people realize that Twitter (for example) is not as productive as other initiatives, there will be an exodus, a deflation, a bubble bust.

Sorry for not being more clear about that before. Social media is all about content syndication... What (specific) tools/networks help you place your message in front of as many people (in your target audience) as possible and then interact with those people (if you want to)?

Here is a blog post I did recently that goes deeper into why I think there will be a bubble bust if anyone cares to dig deeper:
http://www.charlesheflin.com/social-media-technology-bubble/

@Daynamarcum - I'm not trying to start a debate it's just inherent in my nature and happens automatically sometimes :-)
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Kendra,
Feb 18, 2009
Well, when you say it that way!! No I absolutely agree.
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Rita012,
Feb 19, 2009
I kinda like FriendFeed. Not sure I'd get rid of that.
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Ferny Ceballos,
Feb 19, 2009
so this is about bad habits... you sound angry, but i guess I would be too if I had wasted a bunch of time.
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Feb 22, 2009
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Erttycvrrcvdf,
Mar 12, 2009
http://www.acrobatusers.com/users/areeler
http://www.smartertools.com/forums/members/simpler.aspx
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