Building Online Friendships The Right Way

16 August, 2008 (08:28) | Social Media

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This post was written with the help of my Plurk friends, and contains some insights from them that may just help you to build strong online friendships.

Plurk Critters!

I began by asking a series of questions over the past day or so about their relationships on Plurk, and other sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

Contrary to the opinion of a lot of self styled marketing experts, social media users are not some group of avid consumers waiting to run and check the latest offering on their website.

These are normal everyday people from a range of backgrounds and interests that meet together on this, and other social platforms.

What Bugs These Folks?

People who Plurk or Twitter 50 times a day, yet never respond on to others.

People who spam with links and or products.

Other things that upset them is plain rudeness, and sharing too much “intimate” information.

The message is plain! Be friendly, reply to others and be respectful.

Sharing the occasional link is all right, but do it too much, and you begin to lose friends.

Once that happens, it really doesn’t make that much sense, does it?

Tags: Facebook, Marketing, Plurk, Social Media, Twitter

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Comment from Sid Savara
Time August 16, 2008 at 2:04 pm

Hehe, I actually like the posts that are a little “too” intimate as you said, but I agree with you - people who post so often that they down out the rest of the people I am trying to follow are in for a quick unfriending/unfollowing
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Comment from Jim Manning
Time August 16, 2008 at 7:40 pm

Simple really isn’t it - no different to real life at all. Good article

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Comment from webpenguin
Time August 16, 2008 at 7:51 pm

I had responded that I don’t like intimate details, so I feel I should qualify my remark. I like the occasional dirty joke or reference as much as the next person. I have a sense of humor. I do try to be careful about getting too crude knowing that minors are following my plurks. What I don’t want to know are the details of someone’s sex life. That turns me off, especially when I am subjected to it by the same person repeatedly. It smacks of attention-seeking, and not the positive kind. Don’t want to give the impression I’m a prude!

Comment from Raavi | Social Media
Time August 19, 2008 at 7:22 am

Great article, and most of us should understand the unwriten rules. I’m one of those that don’t want to talk too much without sense, just to make karma, I prefer to give a link to an article which I like it, and maybe help others to feel good for a moment.

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