Facebook, Twitter & Linked-In - End it all and get real!

(This was posted 6 months, 3 weeks, 1 day, 17 hours, 14 minutes's ago.)

Is your virtual life taking over your real life? Do you tweet friends instead of enjoying their company? Do you spend hours and hours ‘on the blog’ for business instead of doing business?

If this is you and it’s too much then end it all, quickly and easily with the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine!

I first saw this website on the Guardian’s website, I was amused by it and then further still when a business coach (Gill Tiney) from Steps to Success said on her inaugural tweet that if she gets addicted she’ll blame me!

So here you are, if you answer yes to the following perhaps you should consider the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine:

• Do you Tweet rather than speaking to friends and contacts?
• If you stub your toe do you update your Facebook status?
• Do you envy peoples contacts on Linked-In?

My thoughts on Social Networking websites...

I think they are great, but need to be respected:

Facebook can be like being at the pub or round a friends place enjoying a curry: the only problem is that your boss is there and so are prospective employers.

Twitter is a great way of getting your message out to many people – far more than most of us could ever speak to but why does ‘Ting Tong’ from Tooting want to follow me and how does it help either of us?

Linked-In helps you to see your connections in the business world but surly it also lets predators see who you are connected to?

Social networking works well for speaking to many friends and contacts at once and viral marketing can spread your offer, service or product far and wide and will probably put you in front of somebody in need very cost effectively.

I think that web 2.0 sites like Twitter, Facebook and Linked-In will start to settle down over a period of time. Social networking sites will always be popular and will continue to be used by the general public.

For me the most interesting thing is how businesses will use them. I believe passionately that if use responsibly social networking and viral marketing can be a great tool for all sorts of organisations. Personally I’d like to see charities use sites such as Facebook and Twitter more that and small businesses that thrive in referrals.

So there you are, commit ‘Web 2.0 Suicide’ if you feel you need to connect more with the chap next to you on the train in the morning or think about how you could use it better in your life!