Comments on: The trouble with social media is, well, people. http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/ An Insider's view on IT-Social for the Enterprise Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:44:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for October 20 : Oregon Startup Blog http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-490 Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for October 20 : Oregon Startup Blog Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:11:14 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-490 [...] The trouble with social media is, well, people. Via ITS insider “The individual in question, Chris Kalini, along with his wife Jessa, are both what we’ve come to know as ‘Gen Y’ employees. Chris is a web designer and now happily employed at Euro RSCG as a front-end web developer/designer. The problem with Chris is, well, he blogs his life. Everything gets published– from playing pool, to helping friends move, to ordering pizza, to cooking with Jessa. Did anyone expect him not to blog losing his job?” [...] [...] The trouble with social media is, well, people. Via ITS insider “The individual in question, Chris Kalini, along with his wife Jessa, are both what we’ve come to know as ‘Gen Y’ employees. Chris is a web designer and now happily employed at Euro RSCG as a front-end web developer/designer. The problem with Chris is, well, he blogs his life. Everything gets published– from playing pool, to helping friends move, to ordering pizza, to cooking with Jessa. Did anyone expect him not to blog losing his job?” [...]

]]> By: Luis Benitez http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-452 Luis Benitez Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:38:01 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-452 Hi Susan, On the flip side.. isn't this going to make us all better... ? Aren't organizations going to get afraid that whatever they do wrong will immediately hit a blog or Facebook or MySpace or... ? If so, then they will strive to become better and do things better. I do agree, however, that you have to be careful as to what you blog. I know some universities and prospective employers use social sites to learn more about their candidates before admitting/accepting them. Hi Susan,

On the flip side.. isn’t this going to make us all better… ? Aren’t organizations going to get afraid that whatever they do wrong will immediately hit a blog or Facebook or MySpace or… ? If so, then they will strive to become better and do things better.

I do agree, however, that you have to be careful as to what you blog. I know some universities and prospective employers use social sites to learn more about their candidates before admitting/accepting them.

]]> By: Irregular Enterprise mobile edition http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-449 Irregular Enterprise mobile edition Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:46:59 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-449 [...] about it but don't actually get it, and those who don't even want to talk about it.  Whether it is the Gen-Y folks Susan wrote about that originally inspired me, or older people with Gen-Y minds, they are pivotal.  Somehow, the idea [...] [...] about it but don’t actually get it, and those who don’t even want to talk about it.  Whether it is the Gen-Y folks Susan wrote about that originally inspired me, or older people with Gen-Y minds, they are pivotal.  Somehow, the idea [...]

]]> By: Was Web 2.0 Ever Alive « SmoothSpan Blog http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-446 Was Web 2.0 Ever Alive « SmoothSpan Blog Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:50:20 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-446 [...] Without some sort of 2.0 functionality, something Social, you may miss an entire demographic.  As Susan Scrupski pointed out so effectively, this is how these people live.  It’s how they think.  It is their preferred channel for [...] [...] Without some sort of 2.0 functionality, something Social, you may miss an entire demographic.  As Susan Scrupski pointed out so effectively, this is how these people live.  It’s how they think.  It is their preferred channel for [...]

]]> By: Mike Chapman http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-445 Mike Chapman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:17:09 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-445 When Chris said he was totally cool with it, I think that answered every other question. I'm totally cool with a new generation coming along that is one more step removed from the fears faced by the previous ones. Helen Keller said, and I'm paraphrasing, security is a superstition. It sounds like Chris understands that and is willing to be honest in public about it. Management and HR departments should take note. When Chris said he was totally cool with it, I think that answered every other question. I’m totally cool with a new generation coming along that is one more step removed from the fears faced by the previous ones. Helen Keller said, and I’m paraphrasing, security is a superstition. It sounds like Chris understands that and is willing to be honest in public about it. Management and HR departments should take note.

]]> By: Social Networking in a Downturn… « IT Organization Circa 2017 http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-442 Social Networking in a Downturn… « IT Organization Circa 2017 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:02:54 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-442 [...] esteemed colleague Susan Scrupski had a great post the other day entitled “The trouble with social media is, well, people” where she [...] [...] esteemed colleague Susan Scrupski had a great post the other day entitled “The trouble with social media is, well, people” where she [...]

]]> By: Don Tapscott http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-440 Don Tapscott Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:36:20 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-440 Thanks for the mention of Grown Up Digital. I think it may be my best book. Don Thanks for the mention of Grown Up Digital. I think it may be my best book.

Don

]]> By: Bertrand Duperrin http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-437 Bertrand Duperrin Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:52:01 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-437 Good analysis Susan. I'm wondering if the real question beyond all that is not what Gen Y should or should not say (considering it's their way of life, period) but how "non Y people" may understand (and use ?) what Gen Y say simply because they don't share the same paradigm at all. The one says "this is my life, nothing more", the other wants to find unspoken ressentments for the only reason he's not used with such transparency. Good analysis Susan. I’m wondering if the real question beyond all that is not what Gen Y should or should not say (considering it’s their way of life, period) but how “non Y people” may understand (and use ?) what Gen Y say simply because they don’t share the same paradigm at all.

The one says “this is my life, nothing more”, the other wants to find unspoken ressentments for the only reason he’s not used with such transparency.

]]> By: Is Enterprise 2.0 a Real Trend, or a Bubble That Has Burst? « SmoothSpan Blog http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-435 Is Enterprise 2.0 a Real Trend, or a Bubble That Has Burst? « SmoothSpan Blog Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:35:27 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-435 [...] consider the post that finally got me off my duff to write this.  Susan Scrupski does a wonderful job of showing us how there is a new demographic emerging that just thinks about the web radically [...] [...] consider the post that finally got me off my duff to write this.  Susan Scrupski does a wonderful job of showing us how there is a new demographic emerging that just thinks about the web radically [...]

]]> By: Vaughan Merlyn http://itsinsider.com/2008/10/20/the-trouble-with-social-media-is-well-people/#comment-434 Vaughan Merlyn Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:37:46 +0000 http://itsinsider.com/?p=424#comment-434 Great post, Susan. I think you've captured something quite important here. It has always been clear that social networking can be both a positive and negative force - but you have nicely connected that to global mindsets, and how our attitudes to social networking (and ways to use it) might shift in a recession. Thanks for that insight! Great post, Susan. I think you’ve captured something quite important here. It has always been clear that social networking can be both a positive and negative force – but you have nicely connected that to global mindsets, and how our attitudes to social networking (and ways to use it) might shift in a recession.

Thanks for that insight!

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