Is there too much Social Media??

 

This is my average morning… and yes it will seem weird to some of you who are reading this.

I open my eyes, I check my smartphone for time, and emails in my official accounts. I read any emails that I think are top priority (and those are the ones from prospective recruiters or people who I am expecting a one-to-one mail from). I get out of bed, and while getting ready open Viigo on my phone and read through my standard RSS feeds of  sites like CIO.com, Tech Radar, WMPoweruser.com, Financial Times, Economic Times, etc. And I don’t really go through the full news piece, I just glance through it. All this while, the stuff that I think is really worth talking about or discussion and hence worth a READ, I post it to twitter from Viigo (@dubeysaurabh). Then once I reach office, I open my homepage – a dedicated browser with the homepage set as – twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn. And If I really spend too much time on it, I am able to cover about 20% of all the stuff that I want to read up on.

This brings me to the point of discussion  – is there too much social media to be successfully involved in?

As my friend Windows Observer (@WinObs) says, “I think I am the only person who bothers to read what others have posted.” This makes me wonder. If it’s not a full-time job, do you really have time to read what everyone is posting. If you really want to think about it, break it down:

1. LinkedIn – One of the most important Social Networks in today’s date, is probably the top of my list as well. I think I go online on LinkedIn at least 8-10 times a day. It also because of my current need of finding a job, but that is actually not the main purpose. LinkedIn has made people mini-celebrities. This has almost leveled the celebrity status symbol playground. Without going into the details of the platform itself, let me tell you what I like the most about it. It has given a completely new flavor to discussion forums as well.

2. Twitter – Yes, I have given in to the concept. But not to inform you that I have decided to put ginger and cardamom in my tea, but to tell you what I am reading. To know what you are reading and talking about. And to share the professional interests that I have with others.

3. Facebook – The personal life does exist. Though I really do dislike the quizzes and applications that people subscribe to. I visit Facebook about 4 times a day – more so because when you’re in business school, there is a stronger chance of finding colleagues logged on to facebook than any other chat session.

Other than these three, it is really difficult to follow any other social network. But then again, is that all that there is… My need to know more and connect to more people tells me that I need to push more. Should I??