tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142112682775237823.post3067575774338225207..comments2023-06-08T01:59:18.860-07:00Comments on Swimming in a Sea of Social Media: Am I Two-Faced? Are You?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142112682775237823.post-8902859719362155732009-01-28T20:33:00.000-08:002009-01-28T20:33:00.000-08:00Cool, raincoaster, thanks for your comments! I thi...Cool, raincoaster, thanks for your comments! I think it has to be the way of the future, this whole thing of just being yourself, the transparency thing. I do notice that I just naturally rein myself in just a tad as I continue to blend my personal and professional personas.lnorvighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765140478993390992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142112682775237823.post-74442253898048646482009-01-28T20:24:00.000-08:002009-01-28T20:24:00.000-08:00I'm less two-faced than I was, given that in the b...I'm less two-faced than I was, given that in the beginning raincoaster had hostile stalkers and lorraine murphy did not. I wanted to maintain that separation.<BR/><BR/>As I learned how to deal with stalkers, etc, and as the raincoaster persona got more popular worldwide, I started to see benefits of connecting them.<BR/><BR/>My identity on Facebook is raincoaster. I have friends who call me raincoaster. Heck, men I've dated call me raincoaster sometimes, although not at <I>those</I> times! But because of Facebook's rules it could all go Poof at any time. Yet I signed on as raincoaster because easily a thousand times as many people know raincoaster as know lorraine.<BR/><BR/>I decided to connect the two once I started teaching. raincoaster was leverageable, while lorraine was not, and I wanted to throw everything I had at this.<BR/><BR/>There was some soul-searching around it, given past experiences and (frankly) some consideration of the raincoaster brand (tentacled, Machiavellian evil genius) and how that would work with lorraine, but it's all worked out pretty well. My tweets like "you had me at 'armed robbery'" haven't hurt my real life business; if anything, they've helped.<BR/><BR/>But by god, you've got to know who you are before you do that. Because lorraine could handle raincoaster, if you know what I mean. If you've built a frankenstein then you should not connect those dots, no matter how big the audience for the frankendentity, because there is no peace of mind in that.<BR/><BR/>I'm not being paid by the word, so I'll sign off now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142112682775237823.post-64518774277904097602008-11-18T09:26:00.000-08:002008-11-18T09:26:00.000-08:00Matt, thanks for your comments, I love the way you...Matt, thanks for your comments, I love the way you worded that about injecting personality to make stronger professional connections.<BR><BR/>Bobbi, I don't really find it hard to be both personable and professional at the same time, but I still struggle with whether or not to create multiple accounts so that I can "let it all hang out" and connect with my real life friends and talk about things that are just a bit too personal for the world at large.lnorvighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765140478993390992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142112682775237823.post-51374252740603967212008-11-17T22:58:00.000-08:002008-11-17T22:58:00.000-08:00yep I have separate accounts, or some services I o...yep I have separate accounts, or some services I only use professionally, like twitter. You're right it is hard to be real and personable online while still appearing professional.Bobbi Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364282436701399149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142112682775237823.post-68688716041469076452008-11-17T10:31:00.000-08:002008-11-17T10:31:00.000-08:00I’m definitely with you. Most of my social media a...I’m definitely with you. Most of my social media accounts are under “jjhill_library” and while their primary purpose is to tell the Library’s story to potential clients, the nature of socializing sometimes finds me talking about rock and roll shows. Which, I think, is okay. I’m not particularly interested in seeing a feed of library programs on Twitter; I can get that on demand from the library’s web site. Social media is more about personality. And injecting personality, (even as muted and stony a personality as mine;) into an organization is one way of making stronger professional connections. I don’t have any of these accounts just for myself, though, which might be trouble when/if I move on from this job or when/if I want to use them for strictly personal stuff. That was the long answer. The short answer is: Yes, definitely two-faced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142112682775237823.post-44870223782794977832008-11-17T09:39:00.000-08:002008-11-17T09:39:00.000-08:00we are only part way to where we, and all of this,...we are only part way to where we, and all of this, is going .. which is getting paid for being who we are ... the divisions into categories are remnants of the old paradigm .. and better to live in the new ...gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408369948377761936noreply@blogger.com