Comments on: Socially exhausted http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/ neat fun stuff Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave (original) http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126390 Dave (original) Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:19:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126390 Come on Matt, NEVER apologies for putting family 1st! Come on Matt, NEVER apologies for putting family 1st!

]]> By: Matt Cutts http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126382 Matt Cutts Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:55:11 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126382 JLH, it's not that. It's more about trying to figure out the right boundaries for personal life vs. public life. Scoble is happy to live 100% out in the spotlight, put his cell phone number on his blog, and have 5000 Facebook friends. His job in some sense really is to pull all those folks into his private life. Sorry if the post came across as whiny; I just wanted to explain why I hadn't approved some requests. JLH, it’s not that. It’s more about trying to figure out the right boundaries for personal life vs. public life. Scoble is happy to live 100% out in the spotlight, put his cell phone number on his blog, and have 5000 Facebook friends. His job in some sense really is to pull all those folks into his private life.

Sorry if the post came across as whiny; I just wanted to explain why I hadn’t approved some requests.

]]> By: Jessica A http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126339 Jessica A Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:19:21 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126339 Amazingly enough, from the same RSS feed reader page that I found this post, I also found an article that claims "Too many choices can be mentally exhausting." "People faced with numerous choices, whether good or bad, find it difficult to stay focused enough to complete projects, handle daily tasks or even take their medicine." http://www.enn.com/health/article/34696 I don't believe the motivation behind not keeping up with friend requests is meant to show a big ego or anything, it's just like Matt said, he's exhausted. Readers, do you want him to hire someone to keep up with all the little details, or have him work harder to integrate all these various social platforms? Amazingly enough, from the same RSS feed reader page that I found this post, I also found an article that claims “Too many choices can be mentally exhausting.”

“People faced with numerous choices, whether good or bad, find it difficult to stay focused enough to complete projects, handle daily tasks or even take their medicine.”
http://www.enn.com/health/article/34696

I don’t believe the motivation behind not keeping up with friend requests is meant to show a big ego or anything, it’s just like Matt said, he’s exhausted. Readers, do you want him to hire someone to keep up with all the little details, or have him work harder to integrate all these various social platforms?

]]> By: Henri http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126316 Henri Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:12:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126316 Jason is a great man for you, Matt. He creates friends for you with his dogface :) Jason is a great man for you, Matt. He creates friends for you with his dogface :)

]]> By: Maurice http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126315 Maurice Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:01:02 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126315 re other podcasts the in our time (radio 4 program) where Melvyn Bragg and guests investigate the history of ideas. has a podcast version http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/ not sure if you can get this outside of the UK but ime sure you can fix up a uk proxy :-) well i normaly listen to some of the TWIT podcasts the main one and security now cranky geeks is always fun. Of all the podcasters I think Leo does the most professional job and is worth listening to for that side of things - and some one needs to buy Jerry Pournell a better mic. re other podcasts

the in our time (radio 4 program) where Melvyn Bragg and guests investigate the history of ideas. has a podcast version

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/

not sure if you can get this outside of the UK but ime sure you can fix up a uk proxy :-)

well i normaly listen to some of the TWIT podcasts the main one and security now cranky geeks is always fun.

Of all the podcasters I think Leo does the most professional job and is worth listening to for that side of things - and some one needs to buy Jerry Pournell a better mic.

]]> By: Marc Rasmussen http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126290 Marc Rasmussen Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:36:28 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126290 LinkedIn: 2 invitations to connect Twitter: 0 requests Google Talk: 0 chat requests Facebook: 4 friend requests MySpace: no account I am almost exhausted at this level. LinkedIn: 2 invitations to connect
Twitter: 0 requests
Google Talk: 0 chat requests
Facebook: 4 friend requests
MySpace: no account

I am almost exhausted at this level.

]]> By: Harith http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126289 Harith Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:10:20 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126289 Bruce "So is there something wrong with 42??? ". Nothing wrong at all. However 42 is a whole 6 years more than 36. And in general people don't wish to age that fast, I guess :-) Bruce

“So is there something wrong with 42??? “.

Nothing wrong at all. However 42 is a whole 6 years more than 36. And in general people don’t wish to age that fast, I guess :-)

]]> By: Bruce http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126274 Bruce Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:52:51 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126274 So is there something wrong with 42??? I seem to be closing in on that number pretty quickly with my 41st in 2 days. So is there something wrong with 42??? I seem to be closing in on that number pretty quickly with my 41st in 2 days.

]]> By: micfo.com http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126260 micfo.com Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:00:33 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126260 @Andy that's a good idea, hope Matt will accept our invitation too. :) @Andy that’s a good idea, hope Matt will accept our invitation too. :)

]]> By: Laurent http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126259 Laurent Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:38:51 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/socially-exhausted/#comment-126259 I feel exactly the same way than you. When the wave started to hit, I opened up a profil on every social network I could find. But now, it bothers me to take care of them. However, one good thing is that I could found some lost college friends with Facebook. Other than that, social networking was a lost of time. But I must be a little crazy because I started my own poker social network :-S I think it's a good way to share your hobbies like playing cards. The main social networks are too broad. The sector needs to get specialized. I feel exactly the same way than you.
When the wave started to hit, I opened up a profil on every social network I could find. But now, it bothers me to take care of them.
However, one good thing is that I could found some lost college friends with Facebook. Other than that, social networking was a lost of time.

But I must be a little crazy because I started my own poker social network :-S
I think it’s a good way to share your hobbies like playing cards.
The main social networks are too broad. The sector needs to get specialized.

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