Ari Herzog

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The 4 Social Networks I Use Most

Ari Herzog

I started 2014 with a mission to use social networks without rules. Whether meeting for coffee, talking over a meal, or the digital equivalent of having a Skype conversation, I needed a mutual bind to be friends on those sites. I have 112 friends on the site and I’m content with that number. Thanks for reading.

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The 4 Social Networks I Use Most

Ari Herzog

Second, I’m using mobile devices (mostly my phone) for social media consumption much more than my MacBook despite its larger screen. This forces me to maximize my productivity on each site to see what I want to see without the fluff of anything else taking up that screen real estate.

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The Misnomer of Social Networking

Ari Herzog

It is a fallacy to suggest social networking is about networking, opines Jeff Hurt. Identity comes first, relationship building second, and networking with the community third. Social networking sites are social identity sites. 40 Days and 40 Nights Without Social Networking.

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Feature Friday: Is Social Networking Making Us Less Social?

Ari Herzog

Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, LinkedIn, MySpace, Foursquare… These are examples of social networking sites, but you knew that. You can have your diary sitting right next to your social media application right there on screen, so you can easily contact friends and family and arrange to meet up. Of course you are!

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Bring Balance to Your Online Life

Ari Herzog

I refer to web platforms and social media sites with login and password systems for you to create a profile. Or, do you share some content on some sites and other content on other sites? I don’t share the same interests on the same sites. As for other social sites, I use Reddit to respond to randomness.

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Bye Bye Facebook, Bye Bye Twitter

Ari Herzog

Six years on Facebook and three years on Twitter taught me a valuable lesson: social networking sites are about more than being social and can be the impetus for business, income, and relationships. But I won’t be posting updates on either site for the foreseeable future. Maybe a year.

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Unfriending Facebook Friends

Ari Herzog

We email and talk on the phone to each other a lot, get together face-to-face now and then, and have naturally co-led social networking workshops. She grew less and less enamored of the site to the extent she quit. How virtual do you truly want the site to become?

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