Comments on: The Value of Networking: The Aftermath of the ProBlogger Love-In

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:35:30 +0000

Networking is a struggle for a lot of people, but to your point, it can be extremely beneficial for all parties involved. Especially now, with the internet as a forum, this effect is exponentially magnified. How do you become aware of these social gatherings in the the blogging community?

Justin

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By: Suzy :)

Suzy :) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:51:48 +0000

Hey Puck!

Ditto! I was hitting a summer-time lull with all the socializing, until Problogger’s unexpected event and a earthquake shook things up a bit!

I’m wondering do you think social media sites will get more complex or extremely simple like Twitter?

I’m hopin’ the latter.

By: thePuck

thePuck — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:02:49 +0000

I’ve decided I will probably start the new blog, Social Media Philosophy, next week. Barring unforeseen circumstances, expect it by next Friday.

By: thePuck

thePuck — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:00:18 +0000

Nice meeting you, too, Phil!

By: thePuck

thePuck — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:55:15 +0000

Hiya Max! (as everyone can see I am trying to get caught up, I just moved yesterday and am a bit behind on things)

The thing is, the niche is unimportant. What we find though social media is that people are essentially just people, not defined by their skills but extended by them. In today’s economy and world, each person has the opportunity to become a “firm” in and of themselves…and it is always good for firms to connect. I am really glad to have found people way outside my “niche”, because I can already do what I do…I need difference and variety in my business as well as my personal life (though I see little difference between the two).

Thanks for all the comments folks! Keep ‘em coming!

By: mixedbrains

mixedbrains — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:46:40 +0000

Yes. Def. And yes it’s hard to balance paying the bills and trying to make the world a better place.

Look foward to the new site.

By: thePuck

thePuck — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:39:33 +0000

Heya, mixedbrains. Glad you liked my blog. I find your idea of a political and philosophical impact from social media isn’t that far off, I think. I will be starting a blog soon on social media philosophy, where I intend to address certain issues often neglected in the rush to make money or friends.

If your comments are any indication of your general interests, I hope you join my other readers and join me over there as well. Since I just got done moving, I won’t be starting it as soon as I’d like, but I will make an announcement here on thePuckWrites as well as across my presence (microbloggers and such).

By: thePuck

thePuck — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:30:09 +0000

Hiya Justin! Generally, the way you find out is on microbloggers like http://twitter.com or http://plurk.com. I found out on both, because Darren is a friend on both. I then alerted others, as everyone else on Darren’s lists was doing, and they in turn alerted others, and so on. Then people like me start blogging on it, and it hits a bunch of services and subscribers, and they spread it. It’s social media in action, the “groundswell” effect. I would suggest getting on Twitter at least and starting to follow people in the industry.

By: mixedbrains

mixedbrains — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:10:24 +0000

I would have rather been at one of those 70’s parties I think

But now that I am married with kidsand don’t have any human friends, it’s nice to get a few more bots as friends.

Now if we could only do a social media World Love in to stop the corruption and greed of the governments in the world that is killing the planet and it’s people.. now that would blow any70’s party away.

Like you blog.Nice to Stumble upon it. Proflactic rocks. Gotta get that plugin.