I've been posting blogs to the Design Matters and Podcastmatters blog for some time now and these tend to be about things I'm up to within these businesses. There are lots of things I want to blog about that are not business related - rants about things that irritate me (of which there are many), views and comments on news or events not directly related to my business and, family/friend related stories. I will be posting this content here in future.
Because many people know me through my business activities, I may also post some business related stuff on here. In fact, the convergence of personal and business life on Social Media is something I've been thinking about lately. It is getting increasingly difficult to separate both although, I think in many respects it is important to do so. Many of my social media "friends" only know me through business, do they really want to know I've just fired up the bar-b-cue or, I'm enjoying a beer? I think not. Especially if they're in a different time zone and they've just arrived at work.
Maybe we should operate two profiles - one personal, the other business. But, what about the people that fall into both? OK, I'll operate three profiles - one personal, one business and one for both. But, what about my male and female friends? OK, I'll operate five profiles - now this is getting stupid.
Joking aside, the messages we send differ depending on the the peer group we're addressing; how do we manage the distribution of content so that the appropriate messages are getting to the right people? Or, do messages need to be kept so general that it doesn't matter, surely this then defeats the purpose of social networking?
I need to give this some more though. Meantime, if you have any views on the subject I would love to get them.
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