Comments on: Interesting Social Media Observations and Psychology http://www.chucklasker.com/interesting-social-media-observations-and-psychology/626/ Making Waves on the Internet since 1994 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: admin http://www.chucklasker.com/interesting-social-media-observations-and-psychology/626/comment-page-1/#comment-399 admin Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:16:44 +0000 http://www.chucklasker.com/?p=626#comment-399 True, brother - this was more of a post out of frustration - thinking out loud. I didn't include references to you and Gary because I was referring mainly to people I know via social media. Amazingly, other than my two brothers, the people who did support my project were acquaintances and strangers. People I've supported financially (bought their books, referred new business, hired them for this and that) did not respond in any way. People I've known for many years did not support the project. I guess that's where I was surprised - not that social media "friends," which really means weak connections, didn't show support, but that very strong supposed friends whom I've dealt with ongoing for a long long time did not come through. Yes, reality sucks. True, brother – this was more of a post out of frustration – thinking out loud. I didn’t include references to you and Gary because I was referring mainly to people I know via social media.

Amazingly, other than my two brothers, the people who did support my project were acquaintances and strangers. People I’ve supported financially (bought their books, referred new business, hired them for this and that) did not respond in any way. People I’ve known for many years did not support the project. I guess that’s where I was surprised – not that social media “friends,” which really means weak connections, didn’t show support, but that very strong supposed friends whom I’ve dealt with ongoing for a long long time did not come through.

Yes, reality sucks.

]]> By: Joe Lasker http://www.chucklasker.com/interesting-social-media-observations-and-psychology/626/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Joe Lasker Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:51:07 +0000 http://www.chucklasker.com/?p=626#comment-397 The flaw in your thinking is that your two brothers backed you. :) A list of 50,000 "friends" won't be the answer. Because friends are truly far and few between. The rest are acquaintances. And acquaintances never come through when you need them; only when they see some reward greater than their expense. Reality sucks. The flaw in your thinking is that your two brothers backed you. :)

A list of 50,000 “friends” won’t be the answer. Because friends are truly far and few between. The rest are acquaintances. And acquaintances never come through when you need them; only when they see some reward greater than their expense.

Reality sucks.

]]> By: admin http://www.chucklasker.com/interesting-social-media-observations-and-psychology/626/comment-page-1/#comment-381 admin Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:27:37 +0000 http://www.chucklasker.com/?p=626#comment-381 Yeah, that's the sad thing. I need to expand out to strangers. Yeah, that’s the sad thing. I need to expand out to strangers.

]]> By: Ron http://www.chucklasker.com/interesting-social-media-observations-and-psychology/626/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Ron Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:39:13 +0000 http://www.chucklasker.com/?p=626#comment-380 Hey Chuck, I guess you are correct on the selling to close friends part. They would rather buy a $50,000 BMW from a stranger, a $1,000,000 life insurance policy from a guy in the yellow pages and a $800,000 house from an expert because they have a snazy flyer. Their friend or a close neighbor, no way . So strange but on the other hand , I would be able to sell the above items to complete strangers using the Tony Robbins think positve sales technique. Maybe you just have to go the law of large numbers and have 50,000 friends (facebook)(preferably strangers) would = 1500 backers, etc. etc. Just a thought. Hey Chuck, I guess you are correct on the selling to close friends part. They would rather buy a $50,000 BMW from a stranger, a $1,000,000 life insurance policy from a guy in the yellow pages and a $800,000 house from an expert because they have a snazy flyer. Their friend or a close neighbor, no way . So strange but on the other hand , I would be able to sell the above items to complete strangers using the Tony Robbins think positve sales technique. Maybe you just have to go the law of large numbers and have 50,000 friends (facebook)(preferably strangers) would = 1500 backers, etc. etc. Just a thought.

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