April Journeys

Social networking has totally transformed the way people communicate. It also made the world seem so small but our privacy constantly challenged. Some people choose to create profiles to many social networks but in my case, I opted for the following: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, Volcada and Kaboodle. Facebook is my personal online presence, which is protected, whilst LinkedIn is my professional face in the web, which is public. Flickr, Volcada and Kaboodle are reflections of my hobbies and interests namely photography, Argentine tango and shopping, respectively.

So, where does Twitter lie? In the personal or professional space? Currently, it is simply within my personal domain and I tweet only on personal topics although people could obviously follow me. The only time I tweet on a professional level is when I’ve posted a recent article on Spotted by Locals London.

Recently, I got an email from LinkedIn saying that they have enabled tweeting via the LinkedIn site. It is also now possible to share tweets on your LinkedIn status by adding #in or #li to your tweets using Twitter or any Twitter client/application. To me, this represents a merging of my personal and professional online presence. While it is true that sharing tweets on LinkedIn is selective, I just cannot think of a reason why I would expose my Twitter persona on LinkedIn. Not that there is something that I hide or am embarassed of. Nor do I tweet profanities either. For people who work in the online media space, it is quite useful and powerful as you could show potential and future employers how you effectively use these channels in your life. But for me I’d just like to keep that line distinct… for now, at least.