Kenan Saatcioglu
Help. Friends. Luxosphère. Gilan. Social Media, Power & Metcalfe's Law. The question was: " What do you think is more important for attaining power: followers or who you follow? " It was directed at me as I sat on a panel at the Social Media Summit, produced by London-headquartered Lewis PR. It took me by surprise and one live tweeter accused me of skirting the issue and not understanding about power. I disagree with his assessment but that's besides the point.
It took me by surprise because most people who follow me know that I see social media as all about the conversation; not power. It involves personal and corporate branding issues, but not power. It even is about influence, which may touch upon power but it is not the same. The way social media works just about the same way computer networks work. But value for the individual simply does not translate into power. But each of us matters very little to the sum of the massive networks we connect with.
Networks have great power in social media. Social media is about so many things. ROI of social media. 10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs - networking. Facebook. Gmail