Comments on: Why You Shouldn’t Integrate Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedIn

By: SSmith

SSmith — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:39:46 +0000

I received an email message this week, purportedly from Facebook, but it contained a number of my LInkedIn contacts and their profile pix, including my own, and it came to my business email address which I use for LInkedIn. It was promoting Facebook. Are these two sites intertwining on their own, out of our own reach? I nervously just deleted my Facebook account which is personal in nature and tried to find some mechanisms, to no avail, to restrict Facebook. Would appreciate any info on this. Tks.

By: Shawn Ashree Baba

Shawn Ashree Baba — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:42:55 +0000

I’ve always believed that I should integrate all my social networks, but I totally agree with this article! Thanks for the great post.

By: Ye Maw

Ye Maw — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:23:04 +0000

I integrate with Selective Tweets for twitter. So I can send only selected custom Tweets to Facebook and LinkedIn.

By: Dave Parrack

Dave Parrack — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:45:03 +0000

Disintegrate or dis-integrate? ;) If I save you the headache of offending someone I have done my job. I must admit I’ve connected Facebook and Twitter but only one way so I’m very careful about the flow of updates. And LinkedIn stands alone.

By: Dave Parrack

Dave Parrack — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:43:07 +0000

You have the right idea, only integrating when you’re talking to similar-minded groups of people. You haven’t blindly linked all three without thinking about the possible consequences. Thanks for commenting.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:30:46 +0000

I have integrated Twitter and LinkedIn. This article has raised issues I hadn’t considered. I sort of integrated the two mindlessly. I need to disintegrate!

By: Maryna Badenhorst

Maryna Badenhorst — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:37:32 +0000

I agree with this article. I have a Twitter feed on my professional blog, only because I only use Twitter for profession-related comments and to share relevant links to like minded people. Thus the blog and my Twitter account targets similar audiences. I have a professional Facebook account where people can like my page, but as this is more for the clients directly involved in my business, I did not link this to my other accounts. On Linked-In, I have a Twitter feed, but it is at the bottom of the page so not really intrusive when people find me on Linked-In. I also have a personal Facebook account with only 30 friends – all family and friends I actually know and talk to in real life. We share photos and personal experiences, so it is a private account. I am sure nobody else will be interested in the fact that our cat just had three kittens! That being said, there is nothing wrong to post some interesting, funny or inspirational things on mainly business related accounts. It encourages interaction, and helps the audience get to know you a little better.