Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Too connected, perhaps?

I just got finished sending a direct message to a twitter 'follower' (that's weird to type) who asked me for my myspace and facebook info. No biggie. But it did make me think: is it possible to be too connected? Account wise, I have a facebook profile, myspace, linkedin, youtube, yahoo messenger, tagged, blogger (of course!) and now a twitter account (follow me @shamekko if you're interested).

Is that too much? Then again there are a lot of social networking & apps I'm not attached to like digg, stumble upon, etc.

Honestly I fear the possiblilty of having someone see some unsavory things on one of these profiles, especially my current employer. This article in CinWeekly speaks about how it can work for - or against you.

Recently I had to untag myself from a youtube video. I'd be dammed if my co-workers see me engaging in some New Years foolishness. Lawd! Ooh, just cussed now - oops! But you have to be careful what you and your friends post on the Internets! There's a fine line of interacting and missing a great job opportunity, so watch out!

On the flip side CinWeekly reviews five popular social networking sites, along with their pros and cons.