Over the last few years, I’ve been slowly adjusting to the rapid changes in the way we communicate, and followed the same route as everyone else. I’ve produced websites, started blogs, worked my Facebook and Twitter accounts and I’m even warming to LinkedIn.
Maintaining these social media channels takes time and effort and while I do my best to keep up, it mostly feels like I’m writing for myself. And I’m fine with that. Unlike a few people I know, I haven’t yet developed the habit of journaling at length on a regular basis, so my 140 word Twitter posts (@johnsutton4) are easing me into adopting a regular schedule.
While I like the concept of social media tools, and the idea that they allow access to a potentially huge audience. I’m not sure what I want do do with such exposure, especially since I’ve never been comfortable as the focus of attention in a small group, much less a large one. So, where is the appeal?
Well, turning on its head the idea of what I think the internet and social media tools can do for me, I realize daily that the appeal of virtually unlimited reach and connection is not about projecting myself, my wishes, my needs, my talents, my skills. What it is about is receiving, of learning, and of growing. It’s endlessly humbling.
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