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Why Social Media Scares L

Jan 22, 2010 / Social Media / Trackback

I respect L a lot, a grad of two Ivy League schools, senior level exec­u­tive and very nice some­one that I know per­son­ally. L thinks it’s just great that I’m here doing what I do, that I know what every­one else is doing and likes to hear my “inter­est­ing” sto­ries but has no plan to per­son­ally get involved.

L says there are only 4 peo­ple that are allowed to have the kind of instant access that social media pro­vides and that would be the 3 kids and spouse how­ever, it’s via cell phone and text mes­sages not Face­book or Twitter.

L says that there isn’t a spare minute of time as it is to get every­thing done that needs to be accom­plished pro­fes­sion­ally and per­son­ally and any intru­sion in the already hec­tic daily sched­ule would just be intol­er­a­ble. L rou­tinely rejects LinkedIn and Face­book invi­ta­tions to join, scared that doing so would mean giv­ing up pieces a of a per­fectly happy orches­trated and orga­nized life.

L asked my opin­ion. I said why fix some­thing that isn’t bro­ken. Every­thing isn’t for everyone.

What do you think?


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  • shen­nee

    Karla–
    I think Social Media is either for you, or it is not. Clearly “L” is not inter­ested in embrac­ing the many meth­ods of com­mu­ni­ca­tion. Some peo­ple are very old school in their com­mu­ni­ca­tion.
    Per­haps in time, “L” will find an social media method that suits them the best. I think it is What you put into it, is what you get out of it.
    Cheers!
    Shen­nee

    • http://karlaporter.com/ Karla Porter

      @Shennee I also know a “T” who stays away because doing that opens the indi­vid­ual to being in the pub­lic light and doesn’t want it. I have a friend whose hus­band doesn’t want his name on the Inter­net yet is a very suc­cess­ful Recruiter. He recruits strictly old school. I don’t know if I would say it is so black and white as you put it, (either for you or not) because there are a lot of dab­blers out there and as many ways to use SN and SM as there are users. I truly think some peo­ple are happy with just a phone and email for com­mu­ni­ca­tion tools. Thanks for stop­ping by!


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