ZLoop has the right idea, but just hasn't honed in on it yet. The idea that we all have multiple personalities, but not in a crazy or unstable way. No more like we all act differently around our friends versus our family or co-workers. Most people have a business face for work, a very structured outlook at church as with our parents, but with family we are more laid back and with our friends more outgoing or funny. Not that you and I are bi-polar or not a little bit of each of our usual daily characteristics with each of the different aspects of our lives, but just as you dress up for work and church, but can't wear your sweats there. The same goes for the opposite at home.
I know I'm beating a dead horse and have kind of gotten of topic, but what I was originally getting at is this: Chris Brogan eluded to it on his blog and I believe even briefly mentioned ZLoop, because it allows you to change faces in a sense. You can allow each of your groups of friends to only see the side(s) of you that you allow them to by filtering photos, comments, videos, or just the layout as a whole. Be who you are, but brand yourself accordingly. I personally think this is something that should indeed filter into the major networks on a grander scale, allowing each of us to put a resume style face on our business contacts and letting our friends know where we are or how we are doing in our personal lives without letting work become to invasive. What do you think?
I've tried this in the past to some degree by creating different profiles (like on MySpace), each with it's own categories of interest, and post blogs accordingly.
ReplyDeleteNow, I'm doing it now by having multiple blogs, each with it's own topics of interest. Also, I have a couple of Twitter accounts and going to use My Follower Adder to add followers for each one.
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