Social Media Conversation: More of You, Less of Me

The phrase “less of me, more of you” has some “faith” relevance and it also has tremendous relevance in our relationships with other people especially in social media. When you’re online in the social media portal of choice, how much time are you spending “talking” rather than “listening?” How often do you try to help others rather than try to attract more attention to yourself?

I am continually reminded how social media mimics face to face social interaction. What amazes me is the way people will shout out things on Facebook and Twitter that they would never whisper in public. Sometimes a comment sounds like a cry for attention and often that’s exactly what the poster intends the message to be. Imagine what this would sound like at a dinner party?

Yet the people who mean most to me in my personal relationships are those with whom a shared interest in each other is expressed. Same is true for social media.

“How are you? What have you been up to? I love that picture you posted, etc.”

In many ways I think someone’s true colors shine brightest on their Facebook and Twitter pages, do yours? Tell me, do you disagree? Aren’t those who seemingly say “less of me, more of you” more interesting than those who scream “more of me, less of you?”

Ed Heil is the owner and president of StoryTeller Media & Communications an inbound marketing and public relations agency and video production company based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Ed blogs on topics related to inbound marketing, social media, media relations, news media, video production and crisis communications.

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