Monday, February 3, 2014

Who do you communicate with the most on social media? Probably the same people you talk to the most offline...

I've been re-reading the notes from all of the interviews I conducted with people for my book...and Im laughing about an unexpected trend.

(Quick PS -  am writing a book about social archetypes and how people can use their social presence to influence what companies do).

This is kind of funny: the people we tend to interact with in social media the most are the ones we interact with the most offline situations. 

For instance a couple of my interviewees talk about sharing posts on Facebook with their roommates.  One said she is super tight with her mom - they talk all the time - and that she constantly exchanges messages with her mom within social.

I guess it's evidence that we are close to who we are close to, and the platform for communications doesn't really change that.