The manufactured self and core self are not mutually exclusive; one actually cannot live without the other, but one is visceral and innate and the other highly monitored and selective. It’s sort of like Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One is in control; the outwardly respected and accepted doctor while the other is all raw emotions (negative ones mind you but still). That’s the same with us and how we share online or how we don’t share.
Lexie Kier and I were chatting over coffee this past weekend when the topic of google and privacy came up. Foursquare’s Radar feature came into the mix and we wondered if people would ever be ok with full disclosure. We both instantly said no.
We are not comfortable with that idea yet; we still need to monitor our manufactured, outward selves and protect our core. So then what about all those social apps? Millions use them so we must be ok with it. Well, not exactly. There’s a spectrum. So lexie and I mapped it out. What apps cater to the manufactured self and which to the core?
This is where we ended up.
I think this would be really cool research to see how each uses different social apps. Some who have Twitter set to private are probably way to the left while others on Twitter are completely to the right. I like where this is headed though.
I wish government and proponents of bills like SOPA, PIPA & ACTA realized those of us opposed to them aren’t pro-pirating or pro-counterfeiting, we’re just opposed to any governing body having the ability to wield the power to shut any company, organization or individual down without due process and without transparency. Is that really so hard to understand?
This is a great video and a must watch. We can learn how to multitask and social media tools can increases our ability to learn - despite what everyone says.
I’ve known Bryan Person virtually for at least 4 or 5 years. We met via the FIR podcast community where we both occasionally left call in comments and I’m pretty sure I left comments on his podcast while he was doing it.
If you don’t know Bryan, you need to. Follow him on Twitter. He’s one of the nicest and most genuine guys in social media. Plus he’s hella smart and very accessible. He lives in Austin and is the Social Media Evangelist for community platform and management company LiveWorld.
I finally got a chance to catch up with Bryan IRL last month at Gnomedex. This was one of a series of interviews Mike Foley and I did. You can check out the end result here if you haven’t.
Tac: It was a real pleasure to finally meet and spend time with you face-to-face during Gnomedex last month. Now if only the Mariners had been in town …
If I had to sum up what I said above: Start with the business goals and strategy. The tactics and channels — and there are an increasingly dizzying number to choose from — will flow from there.
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