5 Most Addictive Social Media Sites view story

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1. • pleeker

   Can I agree with 4 of the 5? I find Facebook to be nothing more than a nuisance at this point. Not at all addictive....

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2. • nowsourcing

   @pleeker
   sure thing, Matt. Let's go on Facebook chat and discuss it :)

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3. • pleeker

   @nowsourcing - you so funny. :-)

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4. • kafka

   I agree with Plurk being on the list for sure.

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5. • Maing

   i agree with stumbleupon,on of the best social networks i've ever tried.

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6. • nowsourcing

   @kafka
   sorry, couldn't respond to you. Was being hypnotized by Plurk :)

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7. • GreenSmith

   Um no, Plurk shouldn't be on there. Yet. Clumsy, annoying, and extraneous (at least in my book) And I use Facebook only to update my status. Not throw cows and poke people.

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8. • nowsourcing

   @GreenSmith
   oh stop it. You probably aren't giving either of them much of a try. Give me 30 minutes and you will be brainwashed into both :)

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9. • GreenSmith

   @nowsourcing I've used FB for 2 years and Plurk, yes you're right, went on,registered, tried, ran screaming. I love Twitter's clean simplicity, large pool of interesting and connnected users, and find all the bells and whistles on Plurk annoying.

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10. • nowsourcing

    @GreenSmith
    one at a time :)
    for Plurk, you can have dozens of threaded replies in 15 minutes. That simply doesn't exist on these other sites, including Twitter. Unless you're Scoble.

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11. • GreenSmith

    @nowsourcing Oh joy.

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12. • nowsourcing

    @GreenSmith
    haha, it's working :)

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13. • SilentJay74

    @nowsourcing
    Brian I would not really call Facebook Social Media, More of a Social Networking Site if anything. Media is really shared as much on Facebook as much as applications are. Still though a really good article. And you know no one is ever 100% agreeable when it comes to a list. Just my personal opinion but you know I love your work.

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14. • nowsourcing

    @SilentJay74
    hehe, everyone has a right to their opinion, man - it's all good. And yes, some have taken issue with me putting Facebook on the list.

    Not sure if I agree with your statement that Facebook isn't social media. If you have an umbrella called social media, it usually breaks down like this:

    social news - Mixx, Digg, Reddit, etc
    social bookmarking - del.icio.us, and the like (some put SU here, I kind of think it is its own category)
    social networking - Facebook, LinkedIn, etc

    Facebook is an 800 pound gorilla with millions of participants. For some, it is a way to reconnect with their past. Others share a link or catch up in a group. Still more use it as an escape and play some games and quizzes.

    So yes - I certainly wouldn't make a case for Facebook to be considered social news, but you can't knock the community / networking aspects of it.

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15. • cmcgill

    @nowsourcing Frist off- really nice post- great insight ad as usual great writing. my $0.02 social media and socal networking are certainly related and a social netowriking sites have elements of social media and vice versa. I think aobut what is at te heart of the product and for me- networking is at the heart of Facebook. I'd also say the Mixx, Digg, Reddit fall into a broader category of social media compared to social news.

    Again its all good and this is a great post- makes for an interesting and covnersation!

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16. • SilentJay74

    @nowsourcing
    I wasn't knocking Facebook's community or networking feature. I am a member as you know. I just think it is more geared toward Networking then Media. Maybe I am a more cut-and-dry type of personality. I see networking, and I see media, as two totally different things. But I guess if you want to use the word media to cover all social sites, then you would be correct. I just see those two aspects of Social Sites differently that's all.

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17. • nowsourcing

    @cmcgill @SilentJay74
    thanks for weighing in on this guys. Looks like we are saying the same things, just terminology differences. Some people see the whole space to be called social media, others call it web 2.0, and most just make up words that have no real meaning :)

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18. • jansie

    i closed my facebook and twitter accounts. find them all counter-productive, and useless.

    wake up and smell the coffee if you want to be serious about business and being productive. use these things for your customers if need be, but don't get involved.

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19. • soniya_shrma40

    it's working :)

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20. • FatLester

    Mixx is the most addictive social media site.

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21. • nowsourcing

    @jansie
    Plenty of businesses are using Facebook and Twitter effectively. Agreed that just talking about your cat sneezing isn't a productive use of time though :)

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22. • nowsourcing

    @FatLester
    I too think that Mixx is very addictive. Didn't feel like it was part of my top 5 when I was writing it though. Strangely enough, since I changed my settings for shouts to daily digest instead of as they happen, there are fewer points wheere it is touching me. That's an interesting concept - if a site makes it easy for you to be less connected, do you become less connected?

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23. • jansie

    @nowsourcing haha! yeah well, i suppose if you throw in a link to an image of your cat sneezing, and another link to a product that could keep it from sneezing, you've got a business plan ;-)

    suppose it's what you're made of that makes what you make of it (if you can understand what i just said).

    for me though, i tested the water, i know now what it is, and currently, it's wasting my time. i know i sounds like a 85 year old CEO with no vision, but the time came for me to cut loose what's not important, and focus more on what is. and facebook and twitter (not to mention the ridiculous plurk) is not important to me right now.

    here's something else you gotta remember brian. your content is of such value that other people submit it to the social scene (i think you've got quite a following on twitter if i remember correctly, and probably a good number of subscribers too). you're made if that happens. now, if your avatar was also nice (you know, of the attractive female kind), you'd probably be an A-list blogger by now (if you're not already, and forgive me cos i don't know).

    if it's not important, let it go. if it is, don't. hmmm, maybe i should have said that at the outset. sounds way more diplomatic ;-)

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24. • TalkingCactus

    @FatLester I'm with you, I spend most of my SM time here.

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25. • nowsourcing

    @jansie
    I'll tell ya, social media isn't for everyone. Especially those that are not prepared to spend the time it needs to make a positive impression on a community. As for 85 year old CEO's, even they will get it, eventually :)

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