Instagram already has sponsored posts.


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I see it as a tool, doesn't matter what it was originally designed for -- people are going to use (and abuse) it as they see fit. Of course it is opt-in like all the others, you can always quit it. Personally it's a very productive environment in my case. I imagine as you go up the corporate ladder you get significantly more spam.


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Oh wow they finally are. I've been wondering what they would do. That's so boring, they should have sold user accounts with more features. Now they can watch facebook and instagram fail together, the day it happens.

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I've yet to see one on mine. Must be new or still in progress.

On a personal level it requires tuning out. In facebook unfollowing people so you don't see their BS. Or putting them on restricted.

for small business most are scarred of it. The trolling, negative aspects, exposure, etc. Which is a shame because it should be embraced. It's free advertising.

On a corporate level they are blowing up with it. Some big dogs I know have stopped doing all other forms of advertising. I think this is what will kill it all eventually.

The funny part is all I see is click bait ads on my FB newsfeed. "Watch the mad gf beat up her bf" with a million links in the page that requiring hunting for the next page option. Hopefully you will click the wrong one and someone makes $0.0017.

So idk. Once you can streamline how you want to use it it's not bad. It does suck when you start seeing endless pointless stuff. I just unfollow.

On a positive note. I was in Guatemala and posted some pictures. I guy I went to school with was living there and saw them somehow, got a hold of me, and I had local tour guide.

And then the obvious stories everyone has. Getting in touch with people.

Oh, and I ended up with a small vineyard this year. Noticed a guy I knew now works in the wine industry and he made the wine.

I was never on social media.

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Productive in what way? When LinkedIn opened the doors to ANYONE AND EVERYONE, what did they expect? Choir boys? First, sugar babies looking for sugar daddies/hookers looking for johns, next up drug dealers looking to make a quick buck; a bright future ahead for social networking....

I dunno man...been on Facebook for near 10 years now and I've never been solicited for drugs or sex for money.


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Time to step up and improve your CV/Resume/Social Profile. As far as Facebook goes, I'd expect anything and everything; LinkedIn, OTH, was initially presented as a place for business professionals to network. It appears LinkedIn has been "repurposed".

Repurpose - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Sadly, me neither.

My LinkedIn circle is a pretty tight one. Industry and allied trade contacts, local Chamber of Commerce members, Center for Family Business members. A couple friends with unrelated businesses but those are limited. I "Ignore" a lot of requests if there's no connection at all. Not that hard to filter even with minimal privacy setting changes.

Me thinks if someone is getting sugar daddy requests, they're allowing themselves to get sugar daddy requests.

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Do you even use it? Have you? Ever? I got another HR department asking me for an interview today, approximately 3 hours ago. That is how it is productive for me, and that's pretty much what it's purpose is. Makes me wonder what you have on your LinkedIn profile where all you get is hookers trying you for business.


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When I worked out of Hartford, I couldn't really find a use for LinkedIn. Everyone in insurance knew you or someone who knew you so it was pointless. So many people circulated within the same 4-5 companies it was an inbred disaster. Coming down to philly there is enough diversity, space and different industries where it has become very useful.

Agreed on your last part as well.


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Perhaps you missed the recent cable television documentary by Lisa Lang, "Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies". Seems there exists Sugar Baby agents out trolling LinkedIn looking for some Sugar Daddy action for their clients. Just think of the Sugar Daddy Agents as a new type of personnel staffing recruiter/networker......

Here it is, quite educational.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajTn3paQ1d8

It it works for you, I say GO FOR IT. Perhaps HR department heads haven't seen the recent Lisa Ling "Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies" television documentary where they mention LinkedIn being "repurposed" for a little Sugar Daddy action.

You didn't answer my question. Anyways my guess is there is some isolated incident of that occurring and the TV show is using it as an example, far from some widespread paradigm shift of social media. It works for me and it seems to work for the HR departments as well as recruiters which as far as I know is their intended audience. I'll let you know when the hookers start sendingn me messages so I can confirm your theory.


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Great, keep up the good work!

Facebook, linkedin - I use FB a fair amount but keep something on LI just in case.

Consequently - I just got a notice/invitation to interview...yesterday...from my LI account. No effort expended on my account either...thats nice.

However, on Facebook-> in the last few days: I saw the status of an injured cousin (he's doing fine), multiple pictures of friends' young babies, I helped my brother 'hack' a fan onto his fireplace for more heat, offered comments on what car my other brother should buy, saw my old HS choir sing a bit of Handel and learned that a shipyard guy from my navy days just passed- maybe I'll get to one of thier reunions if they have one (Submarine NR-1 - going into the Groton Submarine museum soon...)

Did I need fb for all of this ? no. Am I still the 'product' that fb sells to advertisers ? yes. Do I get value for it ? I believe that I do.

...but still no sex/drug/companionship offers through. Perhaps we should email facebook an angry message accusing them of filtering out the sex/drug/companion ads in the news feeds of boring suburban dads

(I AM seeing ads for 90's S-classes though...until I clear my cookies at least

edit - back on topic- I'm very cool with people giving up social media - live your life the way you want - some people would rather be texted than called, some would rather be emailled, some would rather use FB's messaging function...this is 2014 and thats how things are. no biggie.

-John

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