Social Media Etiquette for Connecting with New Members
Where's the rule book for social media etiquette? Where's our Emily Post? What's acceptable and what's unacceptable in social media, particularly when it comes to connecting with new members in a community?
We've all probably done the wrong thing and stepped on someone's toes, so to speak. I know I've done it without intending to. Perhaps you've noticed that once you've joined a community you immediately get inundated with friend requests only to find out they are only interested in seeing what they get out of it.
Let's make a real effort here at the Find Virtual community to connect with members in a way that shows we really are interested in what they can bring to the community also - not just what we offer.
When you send a friend request, first do some homework. Look at the member's profile page. Go check out their website, Facebook page, LinkedIn profile and Twitter accounts if they have them. Learn something about them so that when you send the friend request you can mention something you found interesting or ask a question to learn more.
There's a lot that could be said about this subject. I encourage you to read Chris Brogan's blog post, Etiquette in the Age of Social Media.
Please feel free to share your thoughts!
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Comment by Sue L Canfield on February 11, 2010 at 6:46pm -
Thank you for sharing that point about the Reply All option in email Laura. That's a really good point and I'm going to make a point of implementing that suggestion.
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Comment by Laura Putman on February 11, 2010 at 6:43pm -
Sue, I agree. Another point a friend and professional group colleague and I were discussing, is to not use the Reply to All option in email. It creates a lot of unwanted emails and forces the recipients to have to read comments that are usually directed to one person and more then likely personal comments as well. My friend's company has removed the reply to all option from their email to stop the unwanted emails from clogging up their system.
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