If you enjoyed this post then you’ll also enjoy these posts.
Is This Real Estate Marketing Blasphemy?
Reply
Tag Archives: faith
How To Hide Facebook Status Updates From Certain People
Social media blog, Mashable, recently posted ‘10 cool Facebook Status Tips and Tricks‘ and the one I like most is ‘How To Hide Facebook Status Updates From Certain People’.
I have around 850 friends on Facebook and some of them are a little too enthusiastic when it comes to speaking about their religious and political beliefs. I actually love talking about both of these things but there is a time and place for it and it isn’t Facebook.
One of my good Realtor friends recently had his Facebook account permanently revoked following a status update related to Israel. A chain of comments resulted and the conversation became heated. Ironically none of the allegedly inflammable commentary was made by my friend but his account was still deleted by Facebook along with his almost 5,000 friend connections and content.
The lesson here: free speech does not exist on Facebook.
Or twitter for that matter. In another blog post on another day I’ll talk about law suits related to tweets.
Personally I hate (I use that word rarely but in this case it’s valid) being preached at. With so many faiths and political biases everyone can’t be right and yet we all believe we are. Several Facebook friends routinely quote scripture or have a dig at one political party or another. I know social media has proven to be a great political marketing platform but there is a difference between me ‘fanning’ or ‘liking’ a page and seeing daily diatribes from the social pulpit or soap box in my news feed.
I’ll put my neck out here (yes, I know I’ll get some flack): I don’t want to hear or see religious or political commentary, ever, on Facebook. If you have spiritual opinions keep them in your church or mosque of synagogue. If you are anti Obama or have a dislike for any flavor of tea party create a Facebook page and shout until you go hoarse. In the interim, shut up and stop using Facebook to circulate your biases, no matter how well intended.
The problem I have is that I like these people and really don’t want to tell them to keep quiet in such a public way. I know this blog isn’t exactly private but I’m not pointing my comments at any one in particular, I’m talking to everyone. I don’t want to unfriend these people so my solution is to hide their statuses and so back to the Mashable post: how is that done?
“Using Facebook’s general privacy settings (find these by hitting “account” on the top right of a Facebook page) you can select whether everyone, just friends or friends of friends can see your status updates. However, there is a way to narrow those options down even further.
You can select specific friend lists to see your status (relevant for work, special interest groups, etc.) or even individual people by name, which is useful for anyone organizing a surprise party.
To take advantage of these options, click the padlock icon just below your “what’s on your mind” box on your wall and a drop down menu should appear. Selecting “customize” will bring up more options such as “make this visible to” and “hide from” with the option to make your selection a default.”
To see the other nine tips click here.
Realtor choice: A matter of…taste?
Source: Lauren Baier Kim – CyberHomes Blog
Daniel Berman wants you to buy a house from him. He can give you lots of reasons to trust him, but his primary selling point, laid out on his Web site is that he’s a vegetarian.
Really.
A San Francisco Chronicle blog post on Berman sent ripples through the blogosphere, where commentators scoffed, mocked and generally belittled Berman.
What surprises me isn’t that Berman touts his personal lifestyle as a reason to hire him, but that no one in the Bay Area did it sooner.
There are no fewer than 35 Bay Area vegetarian and animal rights groups, according to the San Francisco Vegetarian Society (make that 36 organizations, then). There are at least two vegetarian restaurant chains in San Francisco and one super-expensive chi-chi destination restaurant.
We San Franciscans take our diet seriously, and food even more seriously.
So Berman bills himself as a vegetarian Realtor? My response is, Really? Just him?
What surprises me about this hoopla is that we often want to work with people who are like us–especially Realtors, people who sell their services based as much on their personalities as on their resumes.
Think about it:
The fact is, there are so many Realtors out there that you can afford to be picky. Of course, we here at Cyberhomes know it’s best to find one who has a track record and is ethical.
What does ‘ethical’ mean to you?
For some people, ethical is going to mean vegetarian. For others, it’s going to mean Republican. For others, its that they’re both transplanted New Yorkers. Whatever the preference, they’re all valid, as long as you choose one who’s also got experience, recommendations and who is transparent in every transaction with you. Look for one who lays out what his fees will be, what you get for that money and a sense of what he expects from you.
The rest is just gloss–or the dressing on the salad, as it were.