Comments on: Late to the Party

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:22:55 +0000

@Kyeli Down with MySpace indeed! That’s a post I’ve been sitting on for awhile, too. I think I’m going to redraft my entire mode of dealing with social networks. I think we can raise the quality of them all if we put a little effort into it.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:20:49 +0000

Thanks guys. :} Maybe I should spew sleepy morning babble more often…!

By: Kyeli

Kyeli — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:26:12 +0000

I was talking about this very thing with Pace about two minutes before I checked my reader. (:

We have a friend who’s become an entrepreneur, and she’s always marketing and promoting her business. I don’t feel like a friend anymore, I feel like a potential client,, which is irritating, frustrating, and pushing me away – if we can’t talk about anything but her business, I’m not always interested in talking to her, and the amount I’m interested in talking to her is steadily increasing. This is particularly true in her case because we’ve already said we’re not interested in buying what she’s selling.

It’s also particularly true in all of my friends’ cases because I am a communal, tribe-oriented person. If you’re in my tribe, I’ll do whatever I can to help and support you. However, when I join a new social networking site and am bombarded with people acting as though they’re already part of my tribe, I am immediately off-put and uninterested in actually welcoming them into my tribe.

I agree. We need more non-pushy social networks. Down with MySpace! (;

By: Char James-Tanny

Char James-Tanny — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:59:38 +0000

Thanks! (I was thinking of posting something similar…instead, I’ll be retweeting now :-) )

By: Seth Godin

Seth Godin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:14:36 +0000

well said

as always!