Facebook Etiquette Faux Pas (Ep.10 – SL20071002)

Feature: Episode #10 features "Facebook Etiquette Faux Pas" and I reveal my biggest pet peeve to date in using Facebook. Hint: It has to do with Adding Friends on Facebook and introductions.

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Sherman Hu: Hello and welcome to episode number ten of ShermanLive.com. This is your host, Sherman Hu, and today I have an episode revealing Facebook etiquette pet peeves. Then I’ll reveal my biggest pet peeve to date. Stay tuned for today’s episode!

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Sherman: For today’s episode, I’m going to review my biggest pet peeve about using Facebook, and it’s specifically in regards to connections and acquaintances who are trying to add me to their network of friends or are trying to join my network of friends, and failing to tell me who they are.

So, not only am I going to share with you my pet peeve, but I’m going to help those who listen to this podcast, how to not commit this Facebook etiquette faux pas by showing you how to make a difference.

So, first of all, when you go into Facebook and when you add a friend, you want to let them know how you know them, especially if the person you’re adding is somebody of influence, has leadership, or is a thought leader in a space where they are bombarded with a lot of different requests to be added as a friend on people’s networks. So, let me show you an example here. This is my Facebook account, and that you can see — now pardon these folks as they don’t know any better.

I’m just going to show you what is happening right now, and what can happen that could be different. All right? So, for example, we have three different profiles here, and you can see in this screenshot, and I have absolutely no clue who these people are until I dig into their friend network.

But, you know, with the little time I have in my day to commit to all the different projects, let alone Facebook, it would be a real treat to have somebody let me know ahead of time how they know me. So, as you can see right here, there are no indications or hints of how they know me. Now let me go ahead and show you the solution.

Let’s say, for example, I want to seek out Leonardo DiCaprio. So, I type in this search box, on the left-hand side column, and I type in his name, and I see his profile right over here on the right-hand results. Now, in the case that I want to add him to my friends, if I know Leonardo or I want to connect with him, I will click on this link on the right-hand side that says "Add to Friends." And it will then pop up with a box with the capabilities for me to add him to my network.

But, before I do that, there’s a link there that you can click on, and this ‘Send a message’ link is the key, right here. If you send him a message by clicking his link, you can then let Leonardo know how you know each other, whether it’s through maybe mutual acquaintances in the acting field, or whether it’s through his latest project, "11th Hour Action." So, this would be great to give him a head’s up and to save him time trying to hunt down how he knows you.

This is, of course, for people who want to add a little bit more security in adding people to their network, not referring to people who are adding people to the network without a care in the world. Because Facebook allows you to have 5,000 friends in your network, and that’s a cap at this present time. So, for those that are adding, without a care in the world, this doesn’t really apply to them. But for the rest of your business connections, at least give them a head’s up, so you not only save them time, you have a proper introduction, and it’s just going to be a win-win situation all around.

So, that is my biggest pet peeve in using Facebook. I hope you don’t commit this faux pas, and moving forward, adding friends to your network, I pray that you actually give an introduction to the person you’re connecting with.

Well, this is Sherman Hu, thanking you for staying tuned to this episode of ShermanLive.com. Next episode we’ll cover more juicy stuff about new media, and how you can profit from it.

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