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Have Facebook & other Social Media changed The Rules?

Published on Thursday, July 30, 2009 in Featured Elsewhere and Mile High Mamas. Closed Tags: , , , .

How do you keep in touch with people…and vice versa? In person? Snail Mail? Phone? Email?  If you’re reading this on the Internet, odds are you’ve embraced the wonders of technology when it comes to communication.

But, have The Rules of Communication changed with the advent of Social Media?

That’s what I’m writing about today over at Mile High Mamas, the parenting blog of The Denver Post!

The comments are closed here, but I’d REALLY like to see what you have to say over there! Go! Comment! Don’t be shy… ;)

Strangled by the Tangled Web

Published on Thursday, February 26, 2009 in Random Thoughts and Venting. 5 Comments Tags: , , .

I’m stuck in a Social Networking Catch-22 of sorts…

…with Facebook to be exact.

I love Facebook because it’s allowed me to keep in touch with everyone, but finding so many people on Facebook makes it hard to keep in touch with everyone.

When I had 20 friends, it took me hardly any time at all to peruse what they were doing and then comment.  I could stay on top of that with no problems.  When I started to reach 50, I got excited!  I’m touching base with so many people! Then, 100 rolled around.  It wasn’t long before I hit 200.  I was amazed at the power of Facebook and how many people could stay connected.

Currently, I have over 330 Facebook Friends…in just one of my accounts.

Yay!  Isn’t being connected the point?

But, how connected am I?

Actually, the more connected I become, the more disconnected I feel.

I love popping in to check on people, but the shear numbers of the task are overwhelming.  “Oh, boo hoo…you’ve connected with so many people,” you might be thinking.

Yes, there is a tiny violin playing just for me.  Don’t you hear it?  ;)

Where will it stop?  I have no idea.  Will I stop adding friends to the list?  No!  Will I stop worrying about staying on top of everyone’s everything?  Probably.

And, if you’re one of those everyones whose everything got disregarded, I’m sorry.  I didn’t do it on purpose.  It would be so much easier for me to pay attention if I could get these cobwebs out of my hair.

Now, if I could just figure out this Twitter thing…  ;)

Don’t cross the streams!*

Published on Friday, November 7, 2008 in Blog Business, Movies, NaBloPoMo 2008, Photos and Random Thoughts. 5 Comments Tags: , , , .

*extra points to the person who understands this valuable advice! ;)

Back in June, I joined Facebook. I am just amazed at all the people who have found me and the ones I’ve been able to stalk find from my past: high school, college, past jobs, you-name-it.  (I mean, the list keeps growing!  I’m at 160+ and counting!) It’s amazing.

The more information you put in about yourself, the more efficient it is in finding people you might know.  The “friend suggestions” Facebook itself comes up with border on creepy.  Don’t get me wrong…they are REALLY cool, but creepy nonetheless.

So, as you know, I write under a pseudonym here at The Casual Perfectionist.  I’m Momma, and my husband is Daddy.  I use Claire’s real first name, but that’s it.  No surnames.  No specific locations.  No truly googleable identifying information.  (I talk more about all that in The About Tab at the top of the page.)

The veil of anonymity started to raise a little when I got more involved with Mile High Mamas…but not enough to be a concern.  We live in a big place.  It’s pretty easy to hide when we’re surrounded by millions of people.  Well, imagine my surprise and excitement when Mile High Mamas started a Facebook Page!  Yay!  That’s awesome!  Wait…how can I participate when I don’t want to rip that veil off entirely?

What to do…
What to do?

So, I became a tiny bit schizophrenic creative and crafted a Facebook Page for Momma, The Casual Perfectionist.  Even Daddy approved of all of this and has been having fun helping me take headshots that aren’t too revealing.  (This photo was taken when I got my hair cut at the end of October.  Click to enlarge.)

Claire & Momma

Claire & Momma

Most everyone who knows me in real life, knows I have a blog.  Most everyone I know in the blogging world knows I have a real life.  The part of me who wants a book deal and wants to write professionally knows that the veil of anonymity will come down eventually.  The streams will cross, and then who knows what will happen!  (And, if you’re fans of that movie*, you’ll remember that they needed to cross the streams eventually…)

But, in the meantime, not counting my little writing site here, I’m playing in two places as two people…or really in one place as two people.  Or…is it one place as one sometimes-confused person?  At any rate, I’m (we’re?) having a great time!  ;)

So…if you’re a reader here and you have a Facebook Personality you’d like to share, add me as a friend.  Just search for me by my email address:

thecasualperfectionist @ gmail.com

That page is public (like the blog), and I’ll add anyone who asks nicely…or asks at all, because the Facebook System is nothing if not polite.  ;)

And, if you’re a Facebooker who has a blog, be sure to check out The Casual Perfectionist in the Blog Networks and give me info on yours!

And, if I can figure out who I’m logged in as, I may visit your site and comment here and there. :)

Who knew stalking social networking sites could be so much fun!?  ;)

But don’t get your hopes up too high…you’re still not gonna get me to join Twitter.  Yet.  :)

Today is Day 7 of 30 in the NaBloPoMo Challenge!  Check it out and/or join in the fun!  A reference to an old favorite movie AND a post for Day 7?  Done!