Comments on: Declaring Myself the Emily Post of Social Media

By: mk

mk — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:58:28 +0000

Its that someone is trying to quantify my friendships and how ‘valuable’ they are.

I completely agree with you. Some people won’t even respond to you if you’re not “important” nor do they have the desire to get to know you. And then if you are or if you’re networked with other so-called “important” people, they @ you back a second later or @kjdhkjd @sdfjhf about meeting you. Whats even more sad is they actually WELCOME these people when they’re followed by them in a twitter post.

PLEASE WELCOME @kjshjkdhd SHES MY NEW FOLLOWER!!!

Then if like, some regular guy whos a fan follows you it doesnt matter.

Its actually quite pathetic

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:46:34 +0000

I hadn’t thought about it this way – which is why I read your blog – you always give me a new way to look at something – and I have to say that I think you’re right. The lists always make me uncomfortable – not because I’m on them – I’m not – but because it does feel as if you’re ranking and rating people based on how they “connect” with others. But maybe more so – doesn’t ranking someone tend to follow the same pattern. If ABC ranks 10 people than XYZ is going to rank 10 people and I bet that at least 5 of those people will overlap. So what does the ranking really mean? What are the criteria to be ranked? Is the criteria quantifiable?
Thanks again for doing what you do – always though provoking!

By: Queen of Spain

Queen of Spain — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:54:51 +0000

Toasty, as I indicate in the title of this post…it’s all about manners. I thanked people because it was polite to do so. I, however, did not lobby for any awards…unlike some people. It would be rude of me to not thank people.

Now, that being said, my problem lies more in the so-called ’social media expert’ lists ranking twitter users. The ones that declare, without any rhyme or reason, who is the ‘best’ at twittering. Not votes, not by some statistical process, but rather who’ve they have decided is the best at navigating and manipulating this virtual cocktail party.

By: Toasty

Toasty — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:38:58 +0000

I’m confused. Then why did you thank people for nominating you for some BEST Of Twitter award? Which I then consequently went to that site and also nominated you for said award (status? ranking?). Please explain the difference to those of us who only Tweet sporadically…

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By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:13:24 +0000

Lucretia, if you do a “The ## Most Evil People on Twitter” list, can I please please please be on it? LOL!!!!!!!!

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By: Susan Getgood

Susan Getgood — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:34:06 +0000

I still think Groucho said it best:

“I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.”

By: Lucretia Pruitt

Lucretia Pruitt — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:51:28 +0000

Oh well, you know how I feel about those!

They’re almost as useless as the people who go around saying ‘well after all, I was on the “37 Most Powerful Women With 10 Toes to Ever Grace teh Interwebs” list last week’ and seem to think it means something.

To paraphrase some actress I wish I could remember who it was “yes, the Oscar is very wonderful – it makes a great paperweight!”

@Ike – dude, you can totally be on both lists!