Matthew Liptak | January 15, 2010
This went way beyond what I ever thought could happen with social networking, but taught me how important the protection of our virtual reputation is. I was brought to the realization that as social networking becomes popular, so does fanatacism of these sites. Certain members are taking the websites so seriously, they are missing the point of the big picture. These sites were established to broaden networks and create a fresher, funner way to possibly meet people outside of the internet all well growing a community of friendly users. What the fanatics do is take this one step further and almost try and overprotect a system they had no hand in setting up.
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Tags: cult, fanaticism, fanatics, foursquare, Linkedin, social media cult, social networking
Matthew Liptak | December 30, 2009
I read an article that defined the psychology of tweeting and Facebooking and buidling networks on social media websites. It compared these actions to that of compulsive shoppers, buying something just to satisfy that craving or rush of getting something new, even if they didn’t need it. Adding friends, becoming a member of millions of groups, tweeting tons of useless tweets is not to please the users network, but to satisfy this addiction of staying on top and accomplishing a daily task. I
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Tags: addiction, dependency, facebook, foursquare, social media, social networking, tweeting, twitter
Matthew Liptak | December 10, 2009
I have harped quite a bit about utilizing social media and how it can help and also hurt the job search. But will it help you to find a job in this tough market? I read quite a bit about this issue on many sites on the web and thought out of many, this one hit the mark on many of the good points.
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Tags: business networking, job search, jobs, occuptation, social media, social networking
Matthew Liptak | November 19, 2009
With today’s array of social media networking websites, we are starting to see more and more statements and opinions whether political in nature or not, expressed to networks. One can argue that social media is a soapbox for any individual to discuss issues and voice free speech and hear others opinions on what is being voiced. I have seen this happening on many sites and there are areas that are used for these purposes on most social websites. Case in point, when I first started my Linkedin Troops Support networking group, I merely posted this group as a question on Linkedin and let others answer if they had interests in a group of this sort.
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Tags: arguments, Linkedin, soap box, social media, social network, social networking
Matthew Liptak | October 21, 2009
So this is what is at risk today with the evolution of Social Networking and more and more people on the internet. Phishing Schemes, email viruses, identity theft. All at the hands of tech savvy scam artists out to ruin a persons life. Social sites like Facebook and MySpace are being hacked into to steal vital information that is being freely posted.
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Tags: networking, scam, scammer, scheme, social networking, spam, virus
Matthew Liptak | September 14, 2009
As technology expands, company Human Resources departments and staffing agencies are starting to get savvy to how to search for that perfect candidate. They are of course sticking to the general large job boards but as positions become more specialized, they are turning to social networking outlets such as Twitter and Facebook etc to attract canddiates.
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Tags: employment, job search, Linkedin, marketing resume, resume, social networking, twitter
Matthew Liptak | September 1, 2009
ith the slow decline of printed media(many would disagree with me of course), many news fanatics are turning to a faster paced technological world of online publications where they can get quick bytes of news and of course post it to their favorite social networking website. I utilize all of these social bookmarking websites to post news stories and articles of interest to my networks. I feel this is my contribution to my network and the least I could do is spread some good articles around for many to read
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Tags: Digg, facebook, newspaper, printed media, Reddit, social media, social networking, Stumbleupon, twitter
Matthew Liptak | August 30, 2009
What many people just getting involved in social networking are starting to figure out, slowly I may add, is that these websites are totally exposed portals on the internet. I read an article this week that criminals are starting to prey on Facebook and Twitter users. I am not sure how much attention this article received, but I think most would shrug it off thinking that they are not the culprits. I am on my social networks 5-6 times a day and I see the same incidents of total exposure.
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Tags: exposing, exposure, facebook, information security, internet, Linkedin, networking, social networking, trust
Matthew Liptak | August 8, 2009
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digg_title = ‘Social Networking – How do you keep up?’;
digg_bodytext = ‘Three years ago when Linkedin and MySpace emerged, you hardly heard about Social Networking wars like today. Networking was still going on through email and typical chat internet sites, but never one site dominating another. In my line of work (Recruiting), it [...]
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Tags: connections, facebook, Linkedin, MySpace, network, networking, plaxo, social media, social networking, social websites, twitter
