real estate dementia

there was a recent interview i read of a social media consultant’s take on status update tools that syndicate or “autoblast” your status to numerous social networks.  you know the tools – ping, hootsuite and so on.  this individual suggested that people avoid these tools entirely.  well, as i’ve said in the past, there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to social media, and each of us has our opinions and thoughts on what works and what doesn’t.  well, here’s my opinion.

everyone’s got one

and my opinion is neither right nor wrong.  it’s simply my opinion.  just like the person cited in the interview.  his opinion.  to be fair, the individual made a point later in his comments that suggested that these tools are ok to be used to update a couple network sites, but shouldn’t be used to update every network you’re on.  i agree with that.

but i don’t agree that these services shouldn’t be used occasionally to post your status updates on more than a couple sites.  i can’t be everywhere at once, but i do want to inform my other networks about what’s happening from time to time. so i routinely post with tweetdeck, su.pr and other syndication tools.  but i do so in moderation.

one big difference

if i do post using these tools, i still visit the social networking sites i’ve posted the status update on to see if i get any response.   i know a lot of people that post from elsewhere and never visit the sites they post to.   how will they ever know anyone responded to their post?  sure, they’ve got email notifications (unless they changed their default settings), but everyone gets busy and may forget to respond to those low priority emails.  after a few instances of this, people stop responding to posts made from elsewhere.  if they know you’ll never visit and engage, what’s the point of commenting?

crazy.

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