Looking at maps of others made me realize how limited my online presence is. I don’t visit as many places.
Looking at my own map made me realize how underdeveloped my personal online presence is. I don’t contribute much.
I am mostly a visitor and perhaps my introversion can take a partial blame for that.
I always felt that internet is over saturated with mediocre content and unless i have something significant to share, it is pointless to add mine to a world where supply exceeds demand.
I started a youtube channel this year and I am in it for a long haul, as i have enough content to generate for years to come, so that’s a big step in the right direction.
I need to pull away from other places though. I am addicted to playing chess and I spend at least 2 hours a day on various chess playing websites. It brings me nothing but misery, maybe that’s why i didn’t put it on the map.
Wow! Facebook right in the middle! I have always been afraid to use social media professionally, though I can see the value (even before the readings we had). I am interested in how you use social media like Facebook, professionally.
You say that you do not have an undeveloped online presence, but you are a form contributor. That is a significant commitment; in my opinion, they are my micro-level, specialized communities. I thought they were mostly wiped out with the popularity of macro-level social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. You must have a great community online via that forum, maybe I am romanticizing it a bit, but I am a little jealous.
I am not a fan of using Facebook at work, but we are actually mandated to have a separate, professional account to connect with clients (I am a youth counsellor)
As for forums, they are certainly a dying breed. I joined a car forum in 2000 because my friend was into street racing (I wasn’t). Everyone was 16-19 at that time and talked about cars non-stop. I wasn’t participating much, mostly just hanging out there because of my friends. But then I began contributing a bit more because over the years it turned into a general discussion forum, the street racing fad passed and everyone started focusing on having a career, family, etc. It’s hard to leave something that I’ve known longer than my wife, kids and all my friends. It’s actually kind of pathetic in a way. But still a fun place to waste time.
I wish they sent us emails or something if you reply to our comments, oh well.
Wow! It makes sense to have a Facebook account for professional use in your field. I wonder if you will have to have a snap chat account soon… lol…
I understand your attachment to your form! I have that same issue with a group of friends that I use to play online games with… we all grew up and now find it hard to justify spending time online playing games, but we have some great relationships that have been built up over many years.
Snapchat is not mandated yet, haha. Although I tried to use it because one of my clients was nowhere else to be found and I could not survive there for even a week. Made me feel really old. When I was 18 I used to wonder how could someone not know how to do anything online beside email. Now I find myself slowly becoming “that” person for current 18 year olds.