Comments on: Setting Your Social Media Boundaries

By: Twitter Basics with Kevin Spacey « Beyond the Rhetoric

Twitter Basics with Kevin Spacey « Beyond the Rhetoric — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:27:27 +0000

[...] for personal expression, you should still be mindful of what you say through Twitter. Set your social media boundaries and respect the privacy wishes of your friends and family. If they don’t want their [...]

By: Thursday Bram

Thursday Bram — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:51:44 +0000

I know plenty of people who just tend to broadcast their activities and friendships, but that’s not really my idea of a social media best practice. I think it’s a good idea to actually ask before posting information about someone else, even if it’s something rather mundane — in part because that’s a courtesy I’d like extended to me.

My mother blogs and is on Twitter, and has been posting about my sisters and I pretty regularly (including stories I’d really rather not go beyond the family). While I don’t want to interfere with my mother’s ability to post anything she wants, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask her to limit the stuff she writes about me, at least to the point where it’s not easy to tell that she’s talking about me.

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:46:03 +0000

I have toned back the twitter and facebook, except for Mafia Wars on FB recently. The main reason is that my family deserves more time, especially the kids.

Michael, you are right that you need to temper your use of social media when you are around normal, non-social media type people. Being in the tech field I am lucky that I have a lot of friends that are into social media.

Lesley, my wife would say the same about me that your boyfriend would say about you. I’m guilty of using Twitter and FB while in the grocery store with her while I’m watching the kids. Gotta love the smartphones.

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:28:23 +0000

I guess that goes back to Lesson 2 of How Not to Suck in Life, eh?

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:41:50 +0000

Sometimes when you tweet about stuff that isn’t part of your “online life”, I get confused. I thought the dog was your dog, or your gf’s dog or something. There’s something to be said for being disconnected. When I’m with my bf, I’m not constantly checking twitter or emails (though he might argue that point), and if I’m out with friends, I try my best not to be a slave to my blackberry. I have sat at banquet tables where people are tweeting away during dinner, and I’ve also sat at tables where people were discussing social media… While I was the one tapping away at my blackberry. It’s a weird disconnect. How can you be a social media “maven” if you aren’t sociable in person?