Social Networking Experts Beware

Excellent post here

by Edward Branley (Yatpundit). A declaration of his Twitter following policy. If you expect to be followed back by the author there are certain criteria which to my mind are all excellent. If their were a Twitter best practice doctrine this would be it.

All the expected criteria are present, sociability, kindred spirit, interesting, non fundamentalist (whatever the discussion). Original thought is required as opposed to tub thumping talking point spouting.

The exclusion clause that appealed most to me was the bar on social networking experts. dig around this blog a little if you want to uncover my thoughts on this strange breed – warning, it isn’t pretty. Better yet read Edward’s take:

“Social Networking Experts.” That snarky comment in my bio blurb isn’t there just to be snarky. I have a job and a life. I have a blog or two as well. I’m not bad at this computer stuff, and I don’t appreciate condescension from those who with newly-discovered computer expertise. My work is of a nature that I’m not likely to hire you, so you can scratch me off your potential client list. I may be in a position to refer you to folks I know, however, if you treat me with respect and you’re social on here. Additionally, if all you do is tweet about how you have meetings and phone calls with other supposed “social networking experts,” that’s not something I find interesting. You’re welcome to follow me and I’ll gladly engage you in conversation if you @-reply me, but I’ll pass on that strong a daily dose of self-promotion.

Priceless.