Great article! Thank you – totally agree with all the points you’ve mentioned!

There are a couple of things that have really resonated with me. Firstly, in regards to ant-shakers, when you mention that “the pain and anger they cause are real emotions attached to real people”. I think it can sometimes be forgotten, because we are not face to face, that when people communicate online, or even when we talk about our own ‘traffic’, we are talking to real complex human beings instead of numbers, or a username. How we hold ourselves in the offline world should share the same principals online.

I’ve also checked out Freedom, and it is really interesting isn’t it?! What an awesome idea. Something I find works for me is scheduling my posts/tweets through Buffer. I find it goes a long way at ensuring I remain focused solely on what I need to do for that social media platform, as opposed to getting distracted. Putting time aside, once scheduled, to engage, like/re-tweet etc seems more productive and purposeful that way.

Thanks again for the article Sonia!

James

Great article Sonia and I agree about the fine line between business and social. Its great to encourage businesses to post behind-the-scenes type content but not surprising that some business owners then get confused about what’s ok and what isn’t. One thing I see a lot is having a LinkedIn photo of a couple, a logo, so distant you can see a face or no photo at all. People want to connect with other people.
The other thing is posting quizzes (or cat videos!) on LinkedIn that aren’t related to your business in any way. Its about recognising what each platform is for and respecting what other users are there to do.

I remember the Well!

Just yesterday I met and had a normal conversation with someone who was born in 2001.

I am also old, lol…