Saturday, 30 July 2011

How do you group your social contacts in social media?

Friends, acquaintances, colleagues and business partner networks change and evolve constantly. Every day we meet new people, develop relationships with them - personal, business and emotional. These relationships deepen or loosen over time and happen in a very fluid manner. Your friend this morning may not be viewed the same way in the evening and it is not uncommon for one to think of a person two years later, to reach out to him or her and to continue to strengthen the relationship.

Unfortunately the current implementation of social media in Facebook groups and in Google+ circles necessitates having more defined relationships that what it is in practice.

It assumes that all individuals in a group are the same when what you share with one friend is not always what you share with another.  Likewise what one friend may view positively may be negatively by another friend.

Reality is a little different from technology adaptation and care must be exercised when using social media to mirror and support your interactions with others.

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