Comments on: How To Find a Social Media Expert http://derekneighbors.com/2009/04/how-to-find-a-social-media-expert/ Musings of a Mad Man (@dneighbors) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Derek Neighbors http://derekneighbors.com/2009/04/how-to-find-a-social-media-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Derek Neighbors Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:47:20 +0000 http://derekneighbors.com/?p=5927#comment-462 Neither my wife nor kids have smart phones. They could text message twitter or friends for answers. You assumed their twitter usage in exmaple #2 was from web enabled device (plausibly because of poor verbiage). Google doesn't seem very good as a search engine without a web browser, but again you have a "predisposition" for how technology should work (as do I). The 14 year old doesn't. : ) Neither my wife nor kids have smart phones. They could text message twitter or friends for answers. You assumed their twitter usage in exmaple #2 was from web enabled device (plausibly because of poor verbiage). Google doesn’t seem very good as a search engine without a web browser, but again you have a “predisposition” for how technology should work (as do I). The 14 year old doesn’t. : )

]]> By: Matt http://derekneighbors.com/2009/04/how-to-find-a-social-media-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Matt Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:34:19 +0000 http://derekneighbors.com/?p=5927#comment-461 This actually sounds like a step backwards to me. Why ask a group on twitter a question when you can reliably get the answer from Google? The twitter followers may not know the answer, may give you the wrong answer, or may just get mad at you for not taking the time to Google it. The soccer example was closer to what I think the real advantages of social networking are, but even still I think that they really excel at is keeping you in the know all the time. My twitter followers are a mix of friends, news agencies, programmers, bands and groups I like and politicians. Once visit to twitter and I'm instantly updated on everything going on in all those circles, and if I want to learn more, well, then I use Google :) This actually sounds like a step backwards to me. Why ask a group on twitter a question when you can reliably get the answer from Google? The twitter followers may not know the answer, may give you the wrong answer, or may just get mad at you for not taking the time to Google it.

The soccer example was closer to what I think the real advantages of social networking are, but even still I think that they really excel at is keeping you in the know all the time. My twitter followers are a mix of friends, news agencies, programmers, bands and groups I like and politicians. Once visit to twitter and I’m instantly updated on everything going on in all those circles, and if I want to learn more, well, then I use Google :)

]]> By: Chuck Reynolds http://derekneighbors.com/2009/04/how-to-find-a-social-media-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Chuck Reynolds Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:28:33 +0000 http://derekneighbors.com/?p=5927#comment-458 I like this post because, although I don't have kids, I understand that Google isn't always the answer and even though most 'mainstream' users/marketers are finally learning HOW to google something... there are others that have moved on and found quicker ways to do niche tasks. ChaCha rocks btw... I've used that for a while now - Clintus is a hardcore user actually :) I like this post because, although I don’t have kids, I understand that Google isn’t always the answer and even though most ‘mainstream’ users/marketers are finally learning HOW to google something… there are others that have moved on and found quicker ways to do niche tasks.
ChaCha rocks btw… I’ve used that for a while now – Clintus is a hardcore user actually :)

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