It was with shock and dismay that I read the report where they found
that 40% of tweets are pointless babble. Are you kidding me? 40% seems a little low. My
problem is why we need to ensure that all tweets are useful. If I just ate a mango,
maybe someone will find that useful, like “where can I find a good mango?” But honestly, people are just saying what they would normally say to people.
Why does all social media have to mean something to a business? Honestly, it is SOCIAL media. There will be SOCIAL things occurring on SOCIAL networks and SOCIAL media sites. Sure, some people will be able to make
social media into a business driver, but it does not need to be that
way for everyone.
Have you listened to conversations in your office lately? I bet that
if you conducted some semi-professional research, you would find that over 40% of all office conversations are pointless babble. “So Mike, what did you do this weekend?” In an office setting this is perfectly reasonable, but it is completely pointless babble. What
about the idea of the “water cooler conversations” or “let’s get a cup of coffee”? If
anything, pointless babble should be eliminated from offices, and fully redirected to social sites. That way, we can all be productive at work, and only a handful of people will need to worry about being completely productive on social media.
Rant Off!
Rob Diana.
Rob Diana is the creator of RegularGeek.com, where programming and Social Media Collide!
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I’d like to declare fridays as Pointless Post day, it’s the Casual Friday for Social Media!
See my declaration below:
http://www.theyippie.com/TheYippie.com_/The_Yippie/Entries/2009/8/31_Yipsdom_of_the_Day.html
Nomiki Konst added these pithy words on
Aug 31 09 at
4:03 pm
