Comments on: I LOVE people who “don’t get it” http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Valley PR Blog » Blog Archive » Valley PR Blog’s Weekend Reading for 04-18-08 http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-478 Valley PR Blog » Blog Archive » Valley PR Blog’s Weekend Reading for 04-18-08 Fri, 30 May 2008 00:08:50 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-478 [...] Why I LOVE people who “don’t get it” – If you feel more excluded than included when you hear the term social media, Socialized’s Joel Postman has a reassuring post for you. (While we’re on the subject of TV, that’s a picture of Maynard G. Krebs, not Gilligan). [...] [...] Why I LOVE people who “don’t get it” – If you feel more excluded than included when you hear the term social media, Socialized’s Joel Postman has a reassuring post for you. (While we’re on the subject of TV, that’s a picture of Maynard G. Krebs, not Gilligan). [...]

]]> By: Maricel Dicion http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-280 Maricel Dicion Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:03:54 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-280 This post really put me at ease. I just started testing the waters of social media and was beyond terrified when one of my professors asked the class to put up their own blog. What scared me the most was the fact that I didn't really know what I was getting into and what I was doing. I didn't get it. Cearly I'm not an expert, but I think social media should be approached like any other practice - by watching, listening, learning and applying. Thanks for the post Joel....I will no longer be afraid to say I don't completely "get" something =) This post really put me at ease.
I just started testing the waters of social media and was beyond terrified when one of my professors asked the class to put up their own blog.

What scared me the most was the fact that I didn’t really know what I was getting into and what I was doing. I didn’t get it.

Cearly I’m not an expert, but I think social media should be approached like any other practice - by watching, listening, learning and applying.

Thanks for the post Joel….I will no longer be afraid to say I don’t completely “get” something =)

]]> By: Lara Kretler http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-265 Lara Kretler Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:42:39 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-265 Joel, thanks for this post. I've been blogging privately for a long time but about to make the crossover to a public blog and it's scary -- I am overthinking it instead of just starting to write.Your post was a good reminder to just get out there and not worry so much about whether I'm doing it "the right way." I can refine it as I go. Joel, thanks for this post. I’ve been blogging privately for a long time but about to make the crossover to a public blog and it’s scary — I am overthinking it instead of just starting to write.Your post was a good reminder to just get out there and not worry so much about whether I’m doing it “the right way.” I can refine it as I go.

]]> By: Alex Drewniak http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-264 Alex Drewniak Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:30:34 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-264 I agree with the previous comment on that social media (and a lot of other things in life for that matter) come naturally for some, whereas others have to struggle. When it all comes down to it, social media is after all, just like in real life, a reciprocal relationship between individuals. One can't just stumble up on Twitter and start spamming with self-promoting propaganda. That would sort of be the equivalent of stumbling in to a restaurant and pushing flyers in people’s faces, no? Social media platforms are designed to appeal to the masses so the threshold for entry is low and is designed for the "common man" to understand. Why some people have a hard time "getting it" is because they fail to realize the etiquette and finess involved in socializing using these new means of communication. The simply don't know how to interact and ultimately drown and give up thanks to the gradually increasing ambiguity in HOW to actually interact and behave. To me, that's what "getting it" is about. I agree with the previous comment on that social media (and a lot of other things in life for that matter) come naturally for some, whereas others have to struggle.

When it all comes down to it, social media is after all, just like in real life, a reciprocal relationship between individuals. One can’t just stumble up on Twitter and start spamming with self-promoting propaganda. That would sort of be the equivalent of stumbling in to a restaurant and pushing flyers in people’s faces, no?

Social media platforms are designed to appeal to the masses so the threshold for entry is low and is designed for the “common man” to understand. Why some people have a hard time “getting it” is because they fail to realize the etiquette and finess involved in socializing using these new means of communication.

The simply don’t know how to interact and ultimately drown and give up thanks to the gradually increasing ambiguity in HOW to actually interact and behave.

To me, that’s what “getting it” is about.

]]> By: Valley PR Blog's Weekend Reading for 04-18-08 | Valley PR Blog http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-263 Valley PR Blog's Weekend Reading for 04-18-08 | Valley PR Blog Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:17:45 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-263 [...] Why I LOVE people who “don’t get it” – If you feel more excluded than included when you hear the term social media, Socialized’s Joel Postman has a reassuring post for you. (While we’re on the subject of TV, that’s a picture of Maynard G. Krebs, not Gilligan). [...] [...] Why I LOVE people who “don’t get it” – If you feel more excluded than included when you hear the term social media, Socialized’s Joel Postman has a reassuring post for you. (While we’re on the subject of TV, that’s a picture of Maynard G. Krebs, not Gilligan). [...]

]]> By: joel http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-262 joel Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:29:02 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-262 Appreciate all the great comments. Definitely a wide range of meanings to the expression "getting it" that I failed to factor in this brief post. “Getting it” can mean anything from understanding a joke – get it? – to being totally lame – you just don’t get it! It’s like “dude.” It can mean a hundred things depending on context and inflection. The social media world (whatever that is) is not-quite-a-microcosm of the real world, but like any large population, has its share of genuinely nice people, losers, opportunists, leaders, saints and sinners. Matt, I really like your comment about “getting it” pertaining to the spirit of social media. It’s not hard to get. It comes naturally to some people, others require time and patience, and still others will never make the jump. I think you have to be open-minded and a little fearless. I’ve coaxed friends to try Twitter and Facebook, and I’ve coached CEOs to publish their first blog posts. “Going social” may some day be added to the lists we’ve all seen of most traumatic life events, at the top of which “public speaking” currently resides. Appreciate all the great comments. Definitely a wide range of meanings to the expression “getting it” that I failed to factor in this brief post. “Getting it” can mean anything from understanding a joke – get it? – to being totally lame – you just don’t get it! It’s like “dude.” It can mean a hundred things depending on context and inflection.

The social media world (whatever that is) is not-quite-a-microcosm of the real world, but like any large population, has its share of genuinely nice people, losers, opportunists, leaders, saints and sinners.

Matt, I really like your comment about “getting it” pertaining to the spirit of social media. It’s not hard to get. It comes naturally to some people, others require time and patience, and still others will never make the jump. I think you have to be open-minded and a little fearless. I’ve coaxed friends to try Twitter and Facebook, and I’ve coached CEOs to publish their first blog posts. “Going social” may some day be added to the lists we’ve all seen of most traumatic life events, at the top of which “public speaking” currently resides.

]]> By: J. Phil http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-261 J. Phil Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:17:16 +0000 http://www.socializedpr.com/i-love-people-who-dont-get-it/#comment-261 Great post, thank you. I found your link through Shey Smith's blog. I agree with what you are saying, most people aren't necessarily interested in the details, they just want to know if, after breaking it all down, it applies / benefits them in some way. Good stuff. Great post, thank you. I found your link through Shey Smith’s blog. I agree with what you are saying, most people aren’t necessarily interested in the details, they just want to know if, after breaking it all down, it applies / benefits them in some way.

Good stuff.

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