Comments on: The Power of the Small Community http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/ Social Media, Tech, and Rants From Jesse Stay, The "Social" Geek Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Toronto Star and the Power of Community | Stay N' Alive http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-1070 Toronto Star and the Power of Community | Stay N' Alive Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:58:13 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-1070 [...] written before on the power of community and how Social Networks are bringing back the days of the small community [...] […] written before on the power of community and how Social Networks are bringing back the days of the small community […]

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-579 Jesse Stay Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:54:25 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-579 <p>"NOT REALLY Jesse Stay", you are clearly not really Jesse Stay, as we completely disagree. More and more employers are turning to Facebook and other sources of Social Media to hire their employees. If you're not on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Myspace, there will be a day that employers look down on hiring you for not having a social presence. It's to an employer's benefit to have you on there, as those networks are the ones they can get real information on you that they can trust. I give bonus points to the job candidates that approach me through LinkedIn, Facebook, and Myspace. In fact, those people are more likely to find a job, because they are more likely to establish a personal relationship with me, the way they used to hire people in the old days.</p> <p>If you want to keep up your lifestyle of anonymity and mistrust, have at it - anonymity will still exist. But there's a whole world of "small communities" out there in which trust is getting stronger and stronger, and we are quickly moving into the way business used to be done.</p> “NOT REALLY Jesse Stay”, you are clearly not really Jesse Stay, as we completely disagree. More and more employers are turning to Facebook and other sources of Social Media to hire their employees. If you’re not on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Myspace, there will be a day that employers look down on hiring you for not having a social presence. It’s to an employer’s benefit to have you on there, as those networks are the ones they can get real information on you that they can trust. I give bonus points to the job candidates that approach me through LinkedIn, Facebook, and Myspace. In fact, those people are more likely to find a job, because they are more likely to establish a personal relationship with me, the way they used to hire people in the old days.

If you want to keep up your lifestyle of anonymity and mistrust, have at it - anonymity will still exist. But there’s a whole world of “small communities” out there in which trust is getting stronger and stronger, and we are quickly moving into the way business used to be done.

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-10254 Jesse Stay Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:54:25 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-10254 <p>"NOT REALLY Jesse Stay", you are clearly not really Jesse Stay, as we completely disagree. More and more employers are turning to Facebook and other sources of Social Media to hire their employees. If you're not on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Myspace, there will be a day that employers look down on hiring you for not having a social presence. It's to an employer's benefit to have you on there, as those networks are the ones they can get real information on you that they can trust. I give bonus points to the job candidates that approach me through LinkedIn, Facebook, and Myspace. In fact, those people are more likely to find a job, because they are more likely to establish a personal relationship with me, the way they used to hire people in the old days.</p><br><p>If you want to keep up your lifestyle of anonymity and mistrust, have at it - anonymity will still exist. But there's a whole world of "small communities" out there in which trust is getting stronger and stronger, and we are quickly moving into the way business used to be done.</p> “NOT REALLY Jesse Stay”, you are clearly not really Jesse Stay, as we completely disagree. More and more employers are turning to Facebook and other sources of Social Media to hire their employees. If you're not on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Myspace, there will be a day that employers look down on hiring you for not having a social presence. It's to an employer's benefit to have you on there, as those networks are the ones they can get real information on you that they can trust. I give bonus points to the job candidates that approach me through LinkedIn, Facebook, and Myspace. In fact, those people are more likely to find a job, because they are more likely to establish a personal relationship with me, the way they used to hire people in the old days.

If you want to keep up your lifestyle of anonymity and mistrust, have at it - anonymity will still exist. But there's a whole world of “small communities” out there in which trust is getting stronger and stronger, and we are quickly moving into the way business used to be done.

]]> By: NOT REALLY Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-581 NOT REALLY Jesse Stay Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:05:32 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-581 <p>Sure... I'm pretty sure google is the one and only way employers, or anybody not already your contact, use to search for people. I don't think that will change either</p> Sure…
I’m pretty sure google is the one and only way employers, or anybody not already your contact, use to search for people. I don’t think that will change either

]]> By: NOT REALLY Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-10253 NOT REALLY Jesse Stay Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:05:32 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-10253 <p>Sure...<br>I'm pretty sure google is the one and only way employers, or anybody not already your contact, use to search for people. I don't think that will change either</p> Sure…
I'm pretty sure google is the one and only way employers, or anybody not already your contact, use to search for people. I don't think that will change either

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-580 Jesse Stay Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:42:13 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-580 <p>(Cool, I have a fake steve jobs!) "NOT REALLY Jesse Stay", but, see that would be even harder to do in todays world. I have my community of friends on Facebook. They know my Facebook account. They know my blog. They know my Twitter account. Yes, you could try to Google taint my name, but people will put less and less trust in traditional search as a source for online identity.</p> <p>I agree, we're not fully there yet, but as true online identity methods get better, it will be easier to trust someone online. Relationships (the community) are a part of identity, and it's awfully hard to break into an already existing community to impersonate someone, even today.</p> (Cool, I have a fake steve jobs!) “NOT REALLY Jesse Stay”, but, see that would be even harder to do in todays world. I have my community of friends on Facebook. They know my Facebook account. They know my blog. They know my Twitter account. Yes, you could try to Google taint my name, but people will put less and less trust in traditional search as a source for online identity.

I agree, we’re not fully there yet, but as true online identity methods get better, it will be easier to trust someone online. Relationships (the community) are a part of identity, and it’s awfully hard to break into an already existing community to impersonate someone, even today.

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-10252 Jesse Stay Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:42:13 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-10252 <p>(Cool, I have a fake steve jobs!) "NOT REALLY Jesse Stay", but, see that would be even harder to do in todays world. I have my community of friends on Facebook. They know my Facebook account. They know my blog. They know my Twitter account. Yes, you could try to Google taint my name, but people will put less and less trust in traditional search as a source for online identity.</p><br><p>I agree, we're not fully there yet, but as true online identity methods get better, it will be easier to trust someone online. Relationships (the community) are a part of identity, and it's awfully hard to break into an already existing community to impersonate someone, even today.</p> (Cool, I have a fake steve jobs!) “NOT REALLY Jesse Stay”, but, see that would be even harder to do in todays world. I have my community of friends on Facebook. They know my Facebook account. They know my blog. They know my Twitter account. Yes, you could try to Google taint my name, but people will put less and less trust in traditional search as a source for online identity.

I agree, we're not fully there yet, but as true online identity methods get better, it will be easier to trust someone online. Relationships (the community) are a part of identity, and it's awfully hard to break into an already existing community to impersonate someone, even today.

]]> By: NOT REALLY Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-578 NOT REALLY Jesse Stay Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:12:47 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-578 <p>...meaning... maybe we shouldn't give online identities as much credence as to say that's how we know when to trust eachother</p> …meaning… maybe we shouldn’t give online identities as much credence as to say that’s how we know when to trust eachother

]]> By: NOT REALLY Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-10251 NOT REALLY Jesse Stay Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:12:47 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-10251 <p>...meaning... maybe we shouldn't give online identities as much credence as to say that's how we know when to trust eachother</p> …meaning… maybe we shouldn't give online identities as much credence as to say that's how we know when to trust eachother

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-577 Jesse Stay Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:10:44 +0000 http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/02/09/the-power-of-the-small-community/#comment-577 <p>I'm a big pervert</p> <p>I am, of course, not you, Jesse, but my point is that it's very easy to impersonate people and google taint them for life</p> I’m a big pervert

I am, of course, not you, Jesse, but my point is that it’s very easy to impersonate people and google taint them for life

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