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Cameron Plommer I was going to make this question into a blog post, but I think it is better suited for discussion here. With the ease at which social media and the internet let's you speak with like-minded people are we creating bubbles of influence that only matter within our own small bubbles? Does this lead to stagnation of ideas and a lack of innovation in the long-run? What are you doing to get outside your bubble and connect with people not like you and that don't think the way you do?

90 weeks ago from Personal Development, Untemplater, GenYJourney: Tips, Insights, Experiences For Young Professionals and Gen-Y Professional Bloggers2 more

Scott Asai: Social media is great, but doesn't take the place of face to face meetings. It's much easier to leave a lasting impression in person. I try to ...MoreSocial media is great, but doesn't take the place of face to face meetings. It's much easier to leave a lasting impression in person. I try to meet business owners who are much more successful than me and learn from them. They always challenge me to answer the tough questions and see things from a different perspective.
90 weeks ago
Maureen Mascaro: Great topic Cameron! My first reaction is to BC specifially. While my Brazen bubble may be a group of like minded: energetic, curious, smart, ...MoreGreat topic Cameron! My first reaction is to BC specifially. While my Brazen bubble may be a group of like minded: energetic, curious, smart, funny, supportive, tech savvy and ready to collaborate, etc. -we are all still very different and are not afraid to disagree respectfully and to debate things. We support that which make us similar and what makes us different.

Within Brazen, I am a member of many different sub-groups that don't relate to me in any obvious way -but that I find interesting and I watch what others are saying - simply to listen. I feel like this does connect to me to people unlike me (in a more traditional sense).
90 weeks ago
Zachary Stark Jones: I continually think of ways to engage new communities with my work. Creating sustained relationships is the biggest challenge, where people can ...MoreI continually think of ways to engage new communities with my work. Creating sustained relationships is the biggest challenge, where people can very often be interested in the exposure to a new idea, but you have to weight the costs (a free speaking engagement? a networking roundtable?) against your objectives (have time to go meet new people on chance? looking to expand your blog/tweet/etc readership? need to generate leads?)
90 weeks ago
: But getting outside of one's bubble would actually negate the wonderfully clique-ish intellectual circle jerk potential that socmedia so ...MoreBut getting outside of one's bubble would actually negate the wonderfully clique-ish intellectual circle jerk potential that socmedia so brilliantly fosters! Who'd want to lose that? I kid. Okay, not really.

I actually have a post on this in the wings (but broadening it to life in general), so I won't say too much, but I don't think it's really about stagnation of ideas and lack of innovation as it is a)feeding confirmation bias and b) easily allowing us to conflate our circle/viewpoint/issues with and/or extrapolate to those of the pop at large. Realizing that other people are completely uninterested in or unaware of your singular passion is an ego blow. Rather than wrapping our heads around that humbling revelation, it's much easier to seek out and insulate ourselves with peers and voices who share our interests and ambitions.


90 weeks ago
Annabel Candy: I go to a biz networking group with 30 small biz people and about half of them don't know what a blog is!! Keeps it real:) I think this is a good ...MoreI go to a biz networking group with 30 small biz people and about half of them don't know what a blog is!! Keeps it real:) I think this is a good point. Heck, I don't want to hang around with people just like me but that's not a problem 'cos I'm quite unique. I think you lot are all quite different from me. That's what's interesting about y'all:)
89 weeks ago
Mehul Kar: Power in numbers I think. Once you gather enough force, you can go about changing the world.

Also, consider Seth Godin's tribes. Sometimes a ...MorePower in numbers I think. Once you gather enough force, you can go about changing the world.

Also, consider Seth Godin's tribes. Sometimes a self contained bubble is exactly what you need/want.
89 weeks ago
Sadya Siddiqui: @J.Maureen - u r spot with ur analysis. "Realizing that other people are completely uninterested in or unaware of your singular passion is an ego ...More@J.Maureen - u r spot with ur analysis. "Realizing that other people are completely uninterested in or unaware of your singular passion is an ego blow" . BC folks follow J.Maureen on @generation Meh

I also read you latest post on T/s the middle class & college- let me tell its a worldwide phenomenon.
89 weeks ago
Wanda: I am kind of loving the bubble right now, perhaps for a lot of the reasons that @maureen states iinteracting with smart, curious like-minded ...MoreI am kind of loving the bubble right now, perhaps for a lot of the reasons that @maureen states iinteracting with smart, curious like-minded people is intellectually stimulating. It also appears that there is enough of a difference so that we are not just an echo chamber.
89 weeks ago
David Spinks: It's great to work together with like minded individuals. People complain about "bubbles" because amongst like minded individuals, agreement ...MoreIt's great to work together with like minded individuals. People complain about "bubbles" because amongst like minded individuals, agreement occurs more often than not. It's important that you maintain a balance of learning from like-minded individuals and also from people who think differently.

Take the "social media bubble" as an example. If you're advising a lawyer on how to use social media, you have to take into account the lessons learned from like-minded social media professionals, but also understand the views and ideas from the "lawyer space".

Diversify your lessons.
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: I think we probably are creating bubbles right now, but if enough people are committed to their content they will stick with the eventual popping ...MoreI think we probably are creating bubbles right now, but if enough people are committed to their content they will stick with the eventual popping of said bubble and whatever comes next. These are positive bubbles, and I would liken the next phase more to seeds exploding out of a pod than a bubble bursting.

There has been some mention around the site of blogs and social media sites like this being a lot of bravado about nothing. Problem is, on the web, content is king. Without good content, a site will not last. It's that simple. So criticizing a type of media without looking at the content is missing the point (not directed at anyone in this thread, just in general).
89 weeks ago
: @Elizabeth - You raise a good question and one I think it would be interesting to discuss in its own thread - *Is* content still king? I've seen ...More@Elizabeth - You raise a good question and one I think it would be interesting to discuss in its own thread - *Is* content still king? I've seen multiple arguments (I know Copyblogger has tackled this more than once, but there are lots of other examples) that it's being supplanted/rivaled by context. And I'm inclined to agree - he who shouts loudest and promotes with the most savvy and reach gets heard and lauded, regardless of whether there or not there are 1001 other voices out there (online or off, in just about every industry) producing a better intellectual product and still toiling in obscurity.
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: @J.Maureen--I look at content online as synonymous with quality in any form of expression. I think the nature of online is so fast that the ...More@J.Maureen--I look at content online as synonymous with quality in any form of expression. I think the nature of online is so fast that the pendulum swing back and forth between content vs. strategy (marketing, etc) as driving traffic is more like a metronome. Given how fast it's ticking back and forth, the media that has solid content will succeed, I think. For that matter, the advertising and marketing with superior content will stick around, too--just look at television. Some of the ads are better than the programming.
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