In response to "Social Media Is a Hammer, But I Am Not a Nail"

I loved Cyndy Aleo-Carreira's blog post on why we don't need a social network for every product! I do agree that we don't need a social network for every product! I always like to view social media from the perspective of the user - and often when I don't see the value, its usually because I can't relate to the network, they charge for what I can get for free elsewhere, or the user experience is so poor that I don't bother.

There are a few social networks that come to mind that I just don't see the value in: Classmates.com (They charge for what Facebook provides for free); PMSBuddy (I don't feel the need to share this info with friends!) - though I am sure I am going to be flooded with emails on why these sites are incredibly useful. I have seen over time that there is a social network for everyone, but personally I don't want to socialize around every product or topic. Instead what I would like to see is social media tools (comment, rate, send to a friend, RSS, embed URL) become an integrated feature of most web based content.

My favorite social networks include: Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN, Experts-Exchange, Etsy and Pleoworld. Full Disclosure that I am biased when it comes to Ugobe/ Pleoworld - Crimson advises Ugobe on the strategy amd management of the Pleoworld community!

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they charge for what I can get for free elsewhere, or the user experience is so poor that I don't bother.