Comments on: Dear Occupant, I Value Our Relationship….. http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com/dear-occupant-i-value-our-relationship/ Making A Difference - In Business and Your Personal Life Fri, 18 May 2012 19:27:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David Brock http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com/dear-occupant-i-value-our-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-8081 David Brock Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:32:29 +0000 http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com/?p=617#comment-8081 Must have been a really insightful tweet to generate that amount of interest ;-) Iboth my post and your example demonstrate the dark side of social media. Just as it is easy to reach out and communicate with people, it is just as easy to reach out in ways that are intrusive or offensive. Likewise, as Mr. Simpson demonstrates, it is easy to generate great statistics and large followerships. The real measure can't be how many are following you, but how many listen and act on what you say. Charlie, you are a perfect example of this--people pay attention to your point of view and value it. Must have been a really insightful tweet to generate that amount of interest ;-) Iboth my post and your example demonstrate the dark side of social media. Just as it is easy to reach out and communicate with people, it is just as easy to reach out in ways that are intrusive or offensive. Likewise, as Mr. Simpson demonstrates, it is easy to generate great statistics and large followerships. The real measure can’t be how many are following you, but how many listen and act on what you say. Charlie, you are a perfect example of this–people pay attention to your point of view and value it.

]]> By: Charles H. Green http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com/dear-occupant-i-value-our-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-8070 Charles H. Green Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:43:47 +0000 http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com/?p=617#comment-8070 Dave, I just got "followed" on twitter by Darren Simpson, @netcapability. I always check into people who follow me, to see if it makes sense for me to follow them back. In this case, Mr. Simpson "follows" 13,880 people, and is "followed by" 12,686 other accounts. Now the punchline: he has written precisely one tweet. If there was ever a great example of an out of control game, where the chase for metrics overwhelmed what the metrics were intended to show, this has to be it. Absurd. Ridiculous. Meaning nothing. Too bad, because some of us really do find twitter and LinkedIn very useful. Dave,

I just got “followed” on twitter by Darren Simpson, @netcapability. I always check into people who follow me, to see if it makes sense for me to follow them back.

In this case, Mr. Simpson “follows” 13,880 people, and is “followed by” 12,686 other accounts.

Now the punchline: he has written precisely one tweet.

If there was ever a great example of an out of control game, where the chase for metrics overwhelmed what the metrics were intended to show, this has to be it.

Absurd. Ridiculous. Meaning nothing.

Too bad, because some of us really do find twitter and LinkedIn very useful.

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