Comments on: Social Nutworking https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/05/social-nutworking/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:34:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/05/social-nutworking/#comment-61660 Wed, 28 May 2008 20:58:41 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=323#comment-61660 Jen, I do use LinkedIn and FaceBook (not well, yet, I admit, compared to Tony Karrer for instance). It’s just all these other tools that keep popping up. Glad it’s working for you!

]]> By: Jen O'Neill https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/05/social-nutworking/#comment-61658 Wed, 28 May 2008 20:35:40 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=323#comment-61658 Social Networking is key these days, for introverts, extroverts, business folks, educators–for everyone! LinkedIn and Facebook have linked me to people I haven’t talked to in years and has helped us link up in a business professional way. Facebook is great for sharing information and much to my surprise, people actually read what I post! My company, findingDulcinea.com gets a lot of traffic through Facebook applications. On a personal level, I am finding my former high school teachers–who are well into their 50’s and 60’s on Facebook!

]]> By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/05/social-nutworking/#comment-59885 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:21:27 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=323#comment-59885 Manish, thanks for the comments! Mark Oehlert’s recent post on his eClippings blog pointed me to this list of biz-relevant FaceBook apps (a dauntingly comprehensive suite of applications), where LinkedIn Contacts is listed as just the LinkedIn plugin you might be looking for.

]]> By: Manish Mohan https://blog.learnlets.com/2008/05/social-nutworking/#comment-59829 Wed, 07 May 2008 05:46:56 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/wp/?p=323#comment-59829 Hi Clark

I guess the question to ask is what payoff is one expecting? Is it a new job, more projects, more traffic to my blog, business opportunity, learning opportunity, dating, …? Depending on that one would join the different social networking sites.

LinkedIn seems like a more professional, talent/job search facilitator. Like you mentioned, you are connected to people you know, and also some who you should know. I have been using LinkedIn more to track my ex-collegues as they jump between jobs, and occassionally to try and recruit specific people for my team.

Like you, I have experimented more with Facebook, creating a group and having more conversations with my connections. On Facebook I have some connections who I know only through social networking sites. It took me a while before I became active on Facebook.

I am also on Orkut but that seems to have younger audience more interested in dating. I also created a Plaxo account many moons ago, but it died a natural death. I haven’t accepted any invites from the new sites like the ones you mentioned. I just ignore these invites.

I am currently staying only with LinkedIn and Facebook and have no intentions of joining the other ones. Between LinkedIn and Facebook, I have covered most of my contacts and I haven’t yet found a compelling reason to join and track any other social network site seriously. And once there is a LinkedIn plug in on Facebook (or I discover it if it already exists), then it will only be Facebook.

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