Cheers for the re-blog!

Catch up with ya @ the meetup next week!

I’ve gone up to several people that are Facebook contacts of mine and introduced myself because they had no idea that the person standing in front of them was the same guy from Facebook. I’ve never had someone happily announce to me that they declined my friends invite. I’ve shaken hands with people who have declined my friends invites, but they either didn’t know that they had declined my invite or didn’t care to talk about it.

Either way, this particular situation was fascinating. I wasn’t aware that anyone would pride themselves on not accepting someone, yet when they meet them IRL, make sure that they make that person aware that they know exactly who they are.

If I were “internet famous”, I would have to grin and bear a lot of crap like that - but - keep moving. I can only imagine the crap the female podcasters have to deal with.

Now, I think if we met IRL, everyone would think I am the same as online. Being “online” give me only a couple of advantages: a delay to think of something “not stupid”, a way of fact-checking before putting my foot in my mouth, and a way of surveying the surroundings before saying anything. I think I would clam-up and stammer - just like you did (previous post) - if someone stuck a camera in my face. Because I don’t do the camera stuff, I could not “perform” as easily and roll with the punches. I’ve watched Leo LaPorte - a consummate radio guy - take ALL the stumbling around he does, add his two-cents, stumble around being wrong or right, and EASILY make it to the other side - no sweat! But, I am sure it took LOTS of practice.

Being a professional and being personable can be two sides of a coin. A job gets you paid - you do what is required. Friends are to chill and party with. I hate it when people mix the two up.

Having said that, there have been VERY FEW instances in the last couple of years that I’ve been doing this online video thing where people have tried to act “more internet famous than thou” towards me. VERY few. I find the community as a whole to be friendly, and because of that, I tend to accept people that my friends have already accepted. It’s the checks and balances of our Echo Chamber that you can ask a number of people about their experiences with someone who’s attempting to make contact with you.

Dina Kaplan and I currently share 120 mutual Facebook contacts. If I didn’t know Dina already, I’d ‘friend her’ on the strength that so many people that I’ve accepted have accepted her. In the case I mentioned in the post, I ‘only’ had 17 friends in common with that chick, but when I looked at who the 17 were, I figured she was cool….

I was wrong.

I didn’t have a clue what you do or have accomplished in your life-just liked you because you were so transparent and ‘real’.:)

Photo-wise, Yes, I agree with you. Some people are much more comfortable than others at having photos on the net. As I said, whatever her lame, unbelievable story was, I made it private, because that’s not my ’steez’. I take pictures with people because we shared good times together and I’d like to document that and give them props. If she felt like we didn’t have a good time together or that she didn’t want other people to know that she was partying or hanging out with me, that’s fine with me.

At the same time… We live in an age where film cameras are obsolete. YouTube, Flickr and Facebook are the most likely the locations where you’re going to find videos or photos that you pose for with people. I know you didn’t see the picture, because I took it down. My point in bringing that situation up is that it’s 2008, and if you don’t want to be seen partying… Don’t Party. If you don’t want to be in pictures with people… Don’t POSE for pictures with people.

Technology’s moving ahead faster than people think it is. With Qik and Ustream and Blogtv and Mogulus etc, etc, etc, it’s very likely that you could be live on the internet if someone’s pointing a cell phone at you, with only a ten second delay.

People need to be made aware of this and carry themselves accordingly.

With regard to photos, some people are much more comfortable than others having their photos on the net. That girls excuse did sound lame and I certainly wouldn’t have made one up if I didn’t want my pics online but I also wouldn’t want people to post pictures of me without my permission, regardless of if they were in them too. Everyone has a different comfort level when it comes to the net.