Comments on: Social Networking is Not Always a Popularity Contest

By: Groupnex

Groupnex — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:20:12 +0000

Hey Andy, thanks for the informative post. We have our own community up and running and would like your feedback. http://www.groupnex.com

By: Clay Cook

Clay Cook — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:12:02 +0000

Andy

Agree with you 100%.

I find LinkedIn extremely useful now. Twitter is good for keeping people up to date.

I am not yet a big Facebook user, however plan to get into it more today since I read Scoble’s post here… http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/28/calacanis-asks-deep-questions-about-s ocial-networks/

Cheers
Clay

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Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:59:24 +0000

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Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:41:12 +0000

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By: Drew Stauffer

Drew Stauffer — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:05:14 +0000

Good advice Andy.

I’ve seen quite a few potential employees not get the job due to their shady profiles on various sites.

It was fun at first to be seen everywhere but now people have to be more cautious.

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Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:00:57 +0000

[...] (More wisdom from the Pilgrim) Remember, your social network participation reflects on your reputation. You may be careful about what you post to your online profile, but what your friends do is also reflected on you. If a potential employer sees that a few of your Facebook friends like to ask “how much pot did you smoke over the weekend,” they may conclude you’re of the same caliber. [...]