I was once given sage advice to 'never say never' as I could well be in a position one day to eat those words.
Add to that advice the vague requests that come on Facebook to become 'friends' with people I don't know, I am left in a quandary.
Do I say 'ignore' and hope they go away and stop making me feel imposed upon? After all, NO stopped being my favorite word after I turned 3 years old.
Besides, I am not a particularly rude person but I am also not terribly public with my personal life.
Become a 'fan' or 'like' my business page - I am okay with that.
Actually I don't even have a choice.
Facebook allows anyone to LIKE any Page, but you must be approved as a friend on a Profile.
Recognizing the finality to IGNORE, Facebook recently introduced NOT NOW as an option.
Not only is this more friendly, well gosh darn, it gives me the option to have second thoughts about letting you into my private little Facebook stream someday.
This is great in case we meet or connect someday in person and I want to get to know you better, or I just have a need to let more and more strangers into my personal world.
The important thing to note is the requestor doesn't know you put them on hold as this stays hidden.
But when you ignore someone, I think they figured that out.
(sarcasm).
In business we remain serious and guard our private lives for many valid reasons.
To get to know someone personally in business can take years or not happen at all.
To learn if you are married or not, have kids or not, what activities you partake in, your political views, and even your reading and music preferences, well if you knew all that you could play on emotions rather than keep things professional.
How you use Facebook is up to you.
If you are using Facebook for business there will be overlap between business and personal.
Get to know your settings page so that you can manage who sees what and what can show up on your wall.
Our personal and professional lives still need some distance on some topics.
The big trend is transparency but I caution you to exercise care, as your reputation shouldn't be compromised in the process.
Add to that advice the vague requests that come on Facebook to become 'friends' with people I don't know, I am left in a quandary.
Do I say 'ignore' and hope they go away and stop making me feel imposed upon? After all, NO stopped being my favorite word after I turned 3 years old.
Besides, I am not a particularly rude person but I am also not terribly public with my personal life.
Become a 'fan' or 'like' my business page - I am okay with that.
Actually I don't even have a choice.
Facebook allows anyone to LIKE any Page, but you must be approved as a friend on a Profile.
Recognizing the finality to IGNORE, Facebook recently introduced NOT NOW as an option.
Not only is this more friendly, well gosh darn, it gives me the option to have second thoughts about letting you into my private little Facebook stream someday.
This is great in case we meet or connect someday in person and I want to get to know you better, or I just have a need to let more and more strangers into my personal world.
The important thing to note is the requestor doesn't know you put them on hold as this stays hidden.
But when you ignore someone, I think they figured that out.
(sarcasm).
In business we remain serious and guard our private lives for many valid reasons.
To get to know someone personally in business can take years or not happen at all.
To learn if you are married or not, have kids or not, what activities you partake in, your political views, and even your reading and music preferences, well if you knew all that you could play on emotions rather than keep things professional.
How you use Facebook is up to you.
If you are using Facebook for business there will be overlap between business and personal.
Get to know your settings page so that you can manage who sees what and what can show up on your wall.
Our personal and professional lives still need some distance on some topics.
The big trend is transparency but I caution you to exercise care, as your reputation shouldn't be compromised in the process.
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