Why Protecting Your Twitter Profile is a Bad Idea
Yesterday, Shanan Sorochynski asked a question here on WUL that struck a chord with quite a few people: “Are you using social media to talk to yourself?”
The comments are really interesting, and even though I mentioned it in my comment, it reminded me of Mary Barber’s post (also published yesterday) where she pondered aloud on whether we all see the world through our own respective filters.
My short answer: yes, but that’s not what I was thinking about when I sat down to write today’s post.
Shanan said something in her post that I wanted to riff off of: Continue reading »
Online Chemistry
Guest post by Lisa Gerber
A couple weeks ago, Erica Allison blogged about focusing your online efforts where your sources of revenue are located. I agree, and commented wholeheartedly to that effect. I mentioned that the friendships we build along the way are the icing on the cake.
In honor of Thanksgiving, I wanted to talk about that icing on the cake; not about business development.
Remember that feeling: maybe of love at first sight, or simply meeting a new friend with whom you hit it off right away?
It’s a lot harder for that to happen online, but it does happen on occasion, doesn’t it?
The Baconator on Social Media
We bloggers like badges. Right here on WUL, there are a few that I’m proud of (you’ll remember how thrilled I was when we finally got the Alltop badge).
But today I’m exceptionally proud to unveil my newest badge and, perhaps, my favorite of all: the Baconator.
And it came along with honorary membership into what I believe must be one of the most exclusive clubs in the world: the Bacon Association and Culinary Order of Nommers.
All dreamed up in what has to have been a genius moment by Erin Feldman.
It all started when we were joking around on Twitter, and then Facebook, about how much we love bacon. Remember how Klout tagged me as a bacon “influencer”?
