Social Media Sucks!

As we venture into 2009, and all the negativity going on in the world. I’m watching other nasty trends peeking inside social media sites.

It’s not a Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, MySpace, text message or email issue. It’s goes back to the people behind it.

Now, if you’re reading this and I’m not making sense, let me clarify.

A while back I contacted a CEO of a well known tech company. He’s a great guy, offers great products and I know him personally.

He absolutely hates talking to people when he doesn’t have to…

Why? 1. Well he’s a busy guy for starters. 2)He’s too busy wrapped in 200 kinds of New Media to have the time to respond personally!! 3.) I’m not sure he really enjoys talking to most people!

IF you want to reach me, contact me on these xyz platforms?!?!?

Now I understand that text messages are ‘easier’ and ‘more convenient’ than calling somebody or answering the phone. Right?

Well it depends. It seems the more tools that we have at our disposal, they more we misuse the best tools we have- ourselves.

Text conversations will never had the intimacy a phone call will nor will virtual meetings completely replace one on one meetings. Nor should they.

Now I know that we all communicate differently, and some of us with lesser social skills like the non-intimate and more elite types of social media. Just remember, we ARE human behind these keyboards NOT robots.

I’m not asking people to become something they aren’t; we’re hard coded down to the DNA! I just want to clarify that we use these tools to promote all that we believe in. They should be used to join the masses, not separate them.

The world needs more ‘humans’ and less ‘robots’!