Building favour on the Social Web

No, not another blogger guide to 'networking' - not my area. This is about a simple Buzz I posted in this morning - what I posted - and who posted next.

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You'll want to click the image and read to properly understand this post.

Sometimes, it's easy to forget the Open Social Web is, well, open and social. I guess you never imagine the 'big players' will ever read anything you write about them. I'm sure he didn't take any notice of it - but it made me think that I need to be careful what I say. From a 'no reason to go pissing people off' point of view.

Then again, I've been openly talking about my mental illness online for over a year. Hardly the best CV. I guess I'll just continue doing things because I enjoy them and have passion for them. The business can build itself around that :P Epic fail possible!

I often worry about saying something anti-social. Maybe I should worry more specifically, about the fact that I plan to launch several web applications in the next 12 months and will need friends....

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Social Media madness

If you know me, you'll know i'm a sociable geek who's been active in online communities for years - forums though. I've also built a fair few social based mashups,.....you may call me a nerd. Think of me as the friend who lives online. Worry that I don't interact with real people in real life due to agoraphobia and mental illness. You would definitely not describe me as a Social Media expert - in fact I have some concerns over the very terms - Expert and Social Media, and the way they are bandied around these days.

Against this background - WTF am I doing ranked at all in this Twitter Chart : Titled 'Social Media Guru's' ..... I mean...they have me there at number 62/100.

Does anyone have any insight into the bizarre algorythms that lead a 38 year old vaguely mental geek to find himself on such a list?

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