Is that enough to make your head spin? Microblogging abounds…Networking is important but work needs to get done. So let’s take the pain out of this & get it into perspective because you can not be everywhere all the time!
Here’s a quick overview in case you’re wondering where to turn & what to do. I was going to blog about Plurk but then Identi.ca sprang up.
- Create your username at each to avoid someone else doing it & causing havoc.
- Find one friend & add their friends.
- Sprinkle the links around (your blog, and microblogging sites where your friends are at).
- Let others build your list. Here are my newest ones (thanks in advance for connecting with me!)
- http://www.plurk.com/user/ConnieBensen
- http://identi.ca/conniebensen
- Friendfeed & Twitter are on the left under my photo
- Explore them a bit & decide which format offers you the most. Here are my observations:
- Friendfeed aggregates many social networks
- it’s more passive for me
- some like it because it allows threaded comments
- there are rooms – I created one for Community Managers
- a good place to share links
- If you’re the admin, you can add feeds just like your profile
- Twitter – I used to go there for socializing but …
- it’s downtime is causing people to complain
- partial service is causing Summize to be important
- Plurk – I’ve become a plurker
- Here are some instructions if you’d like to get started
- 3 Plurk lessons by my friend Kathy who used me as the example :)
- 10 minute guide to plurk
- More help with plurk
- the threaded interaction makes it more like a chat room
- some are using it more than Twitter but haven’t abandoned Twitter
- it seems to be great for crowdsourcing
- ‘plurkshops‘ are being held most every evening
- Beth Harte has links to them
- Darren Rowse, Problogger is effectively using it to gain ideas
- Mack Collier comments on how it can be used for business
- Here are some instructions if you’d like to get started
- Identi-ca – a new open source that feels like Twitter
- lacks many features like searching to find friends
- I registered & am adding friends as they find me
- My guess is that it will grow quickly since it’s open source
- Friendfeed aggregates many social networks
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What would you add to that? What is your favorite service & why?
Glad I found your site, thru Hummie. The Link
3 Plurk lessons by my friend Kathy is not working..Plz help.
Great post.
I have had trouble keeping up with all the social stuff. Every week there’s new innovative sites poppin’ up and I feel always a little behind the times.
After all, I gotta get some work at some point.
Sandra – Kathy’s site was momentarily down. It’s working again now.
Nick – I hear you. And I started this post that way but never offered any ideas for keeping up. My best suggestion is to choose the one that will help you build your network & makes you happy. I agree that it’s more important to work. The networking is a bonus when you have time.
That was an interesting post with the differences and advantages to each! Great stuff!
Hi Connie,
Great post, Micro blogging has become a giant very quickly on the web. I found that a great way to keep up with all of those sites at once is to use http://www.ping.fm You can post to all of them with one post.
So if you find something cool or informative that you want your friends to see, try that.
Keep it flowing:-)
Rheyanna
Hi Connie! Interesting article.
What does ‘crowdsourcing’ mean when you speak of Plurk?
Thanks!