How the “Visitors” really found us.
Sometimes it’s too Social.
Having Social Media as a hobby can be sometimes a little invasive. Like most techies and internet lovers, I subscribe to a lot of trade magazines. The magazines come to my home and quickly end up in the rest room. I mean come on, who can honestly not say they do not read in the rest room?
I am not the only person who suffers from this affliction. I have had discussions with a lot of Social Media enthusiasts, who say if something is going well, and “It’s going to pop”, they carry the laptop or smart phone into the rest room to monitor their contents progress. *cough* Gerri *cough*
So, back to my original point. I tend to read trade magazines in the restroom, and I really start getting into an article. The articles are usually well written, and just long enough for me to finish my business. Here’s where the problem happens to be.
As a long time user of Social Media, you tend to get to know people. You see them in the Social space all the time. Now at the end of this well written article in this trade magazine, what do I see? I see a familiar face staring back at me in the small author bio. Come on man! Now it seems that this person has invaded my private time. A person I know from the Social Space has written an article that intrigued me during my private time. Seems kinda weird me.
I am not saying I read these persons articles while only in the rest room. I stumble across articles all the time in print publications that friends of mine have written, not only there but on the radio as well.
I have a nice long commute everyday, so I usually listen to NPR when I am not blasting music. During these trips as Social Media or “New” Media has begun to take it’s strangle hold on society, more and more stories about Social Media are making the news at a national level. It’s always fun to hear a Social colleague on the radio. So far it has happened about three times.
So now my question, is Social Media too Social or has being connected become less private?
Social Blade Theatre Presents: Tom Joins Facebook.
These guys rock. When SMR launched they had us on to talk about the project. A really cool group of people with a podcast I highly recommend!
Check out the Social Blade crew at Socialblade.com/show
Tom from Myspace gives Facebook a shot.
I found this gem on the Digg home page. Gotta love it!
FFFFFFUUUUUUUU Variance
We recieved this via Tom Cheredar, writer at GeeksofDoom.com
Google Wave meets PULP FICTION.
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Chris Voss – Social Media Douchelord [Repost Copyjacked]
It’s been a while since I’ve called out a douchebag publicly. I think I’m way past-due.
Today I’m going to be focusing on a man named Chris Voss.
Now, I’ve known some dickheads in my day. I’ve even known some dickheads who were spammers. But this guy takes the cake.
Now, keep in mind. I’ve been active in the Digg community again, as well as a few other social networks. I’m not hardcore into the scene these days, but I do my part. As such, I get a lot of requests from people either asking for advice on how to get a good article frontpaged on Digg, or just asking to check out their submission.
This is all cool. No problem. Most of these people are just looking for a helping hand.
Then there’s Chris Voss.
I get the following IM from this douchebag earlier tonight.
Voss: YOU MUST SEE THIS ULTRA FUNNY FUNNY VIDEO ¸„ø¤º°¨ ¨°º¤ø„¸ NEXT VIRAL VIDEO [LINK REMOVED] RETWEET! RETWEET!
First off, it reads like a spam email. It’s not personalized. It’s not asking me to spread the link. It’s a demand, and it’s got glittery text shit in there.
My first response is “Fuck this guy”. But then I realized I could have a little more fun.
The following took place.
Me: Ugh, really?
Me: You don’t get “viral”, do you?
Voss: what am i missing
And this is when I sent one of the longest messages I’ve ever put into an IM window.
Me:
Well, a number of things. You can’t spread something in hopes of it going viral and CALL it viral. That’s counterintuitive.
Second, you’re begging way too hard for attention to your links. Your Twitter just repeats the same stuff day in and day out, it’s full of strange text decorations like some MySpace page from 2005, and is generally hurtful to the eyes.
Third, your Twitter profile says you’re a “Social Media Pro”, but looking at your social media profiles, this seems to be a total fabrication. Go look at @zaibatsu or @atomicpoet. Those guys get social media and how to use it. You don’t. Your profile is spewing about 20 tweets an hour for the same thing. You only interact with a few people (just the ones that seem to be retweeting you and further participating in your spam), and there’s little actual discussion.
I could go on and on. And I will.
It looks like you also do social media “Training & Speaking” and “1 on 1 Consulting”. Judging by your twitter stream, I worry for anybody lining up to take your advice. Now, don’t get me wrong; I don’t claim to be a social media expert, myself. I honestly don’t have the time and resources to really dedicate to taking advantage of it, but I’ve got a good grasp on it. The problem with you, though, is that you DO have the time/resources, but they’re going to utter waste.
And there’s a difference between asking for somebody to take a look at some content you found or created, and outright begging for them to spread it as more of a personal favor than actually engaging in any community.
Stuff like this is killing Twitter and Digg.
I hope you don’t take any offense or anything. This isn’t intended to be a personal attack against you. I don’t really know you well enough to make any comments on you as a person, but as a “social media person”, I think you’ve got a lot to learn. You’ve got the ability and the time to dedicate to it, which is great, but by no means would I be putting “Twitter/Social Media Pro” in your Twitter bio just yet.
About five minutes goes by and I see the IM window change between “Chris Voss is typing a message” to “Chris Voss has entered text”. Obviously trying to think of a legitimate comeback.
Voss: No i appreciate you private chat with me on it. I’ll give it consideration. I do do things by design that work for me and are a little differnt than what i advise my international clients. you can see my consulting firm at [LINK REMOVED] I can tell you my programs have been very successful for CEOs and companies I have. Thanks for the input I appreciate it.
What. The. Fuck. It’s like my wall of text had no affect on this dude. He did the online equivalent of looking me in the eye and slapping me right in the face. And managed to push off another link to his services.
For those unfamiliar with #blockmonday on Twitter, please educate yourselves and do your civil duties by blocking @CHRISVOSS.
Social Media Rage reseach: http://digg.com/users/CHRISVOSS/history/submissions
37 of 47 Diggs are self submissions, Most with three Diggs. Verdict: Chris Voss, not a social media expert.
Anonymous post via SMR Anonymous logon. SocialMediaRage.com not responsible for authorship.
Strange Moments in Craig’s List History Part 2
Yeah…I got nothing.
Great gem from a new type of Social Media Site.
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How did I get the state to take my kids?
I am slowly losing hope for humanity.