Month: February 2013

The Social Media Country Club

But there’s an aesthetic and editorial sensibility that permeates any defined online community that is almost always inherited from its earliest dominant users, and once it’s established, it’s almost impossible to change. Worse, geeks get so enamored of the first two, admittedly important, core values of the social web that they forget the third, and most socially critical, value: inclusion.Anil Dash (Emphasis mine).

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I started down this rabbit hole this morning. I had every intention of just downloading and post processing a set of photos I took last weekend. Instead I started reading an interesting article from my news feed. The article was posted to Medium. I remembered what Medium was and I logged in to see if I could start using the platform. Then I remembered that it was exclusive and closed. That didn't feel right.

So ... I found my way around the Internets looking for reviews of the platform. I found others discussing the exclusivity issue. Which of course led me to more discussion on white flight and white boys clubs.

I think it's time to go outside, shovel some snow, and spend some time with my son. Time to be truly social.

Selling Out

An increasing amount of material, from posts to presentations, seems to be more concerned with being ‘sound bite’ worthy than being substantive. We want people to post and share and spread our stuff around, so some of the content gets watered down to the least common denominator and everything ends up being a collection of the same 12 points, repackaged to suit the personality of the presenter but most assuredly designed to spread.[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][Amber Naslund](http://www.brasstackthinking.com/2013/02/my-battle-with-content-marketing-and-selling-out/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=brasstackthinking)

My challenge is to make sure that doesn't happen here. I want this blog to be my authentic voice. It's just me.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]