I frequently read, as I’m sure you have, all the blog posts on the various social media personalities. In most cases they are how-to-not guides in interaction; a witty, snarky, and way to insightful magnifying glass on how we behave, and behave badly in our online world. I’ve actually been a bit of a party to this in early posts of social media ettiquette, I mean it is so easy to, right?
It is, of course, our nature to read these personality descriptions and say, “No way. That isn’t me. Not even close. I never do that. And, even if I do I have very good reason to!” Well, unfortunately, it is exactly you, me, them. Even the best, the leaders in social media (you and they know who they are), are navel gazers, voyeurs, and self promoters. At the end of the day, social media is a bit creepy. It is creating new personality disorders. Feeling a bit like Sybil?
Rather than getting too serious about whether I fit a personality and if I am “doing it right”, I tend to take these lists for what they are, self deprecating humor.
Here is a list of those that I like:
- Buzzfeed Social Media Personality Disorder
- Andrew Smith Which Twitter Personality Type Are You?
- Tremendous News The Twitter Personality Roast – What Type of Tweeter Are You?
- CNN The 12 Most Annoying Types of Facebookers
- Suburban Jungle The Most Common Personalities on Facebook
There is really only one rule – there are no rules. Bring your authentic self to the table. It makes things so much more interesting. If people don’t like it, they’ll ignore you.
What lists do you like? Who are you?
Filed under: personal brand, social media
I really loved the one by SuburbanJungle about the FB personas. Oh Wait, I wrote it. Thanks for the recognition.
I am definitely one of the FB characters. It’s funny when you realize the people you knew growing up, at work, in college, or can’t remember are a bunch of “crazies”.