How Social Networking Sites can work AGAINST you….
For Murad Ahmed, social networking sites are no longer “fun and games”…. they’re deadly serious. In his article, My online life: no hobbies, no opinions, no friends, no fun he chronicles what happens when your work colleagues find you on Facebook.
This is why my Facebook account is reserved for family, friends and college connections. On the other hand, my LinkedIn account is used solely for business connections. Even though I try to keep these two social networking site “separate”, there’s always the chance of a client discovering me on Facebook. Then what will he think when he sees I’ve joined the “I hate Tom Brady” group? Yes, there’s really a group like that and I have been invited, but haven’t joined for just this reason.
On the other hand, it’s hard to maintain a “professional” facade with a former college dorm mate who was there when I , after the consumption of COPIOUS amounts of hard liquor, decided to imitate Cathy Rigby by doing the splits. The problem was, prior to that incident, I couldn’t DO the splits. I wasn’t able to walk for two days and missed classes thanks to that drunken stunt. How do I go about convincing her that I’m really a competent professional 20 years later?
That’s the problem when social networking circles collide!
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