2011-01-30
Social spheres and social media
(Yes, I'm back after a 3 years retreat)
Recently I created a Facebook account and was faced with some of the complexity of live, or rather the simplicity of social media. I wonder if other people here recognize my 'problem' and how they handle it.
I would say that my life has many dimensions. I'm a philosopher with philosophical friends. I'm a dancer with friends from zouk and salsa. I'm daddy of a wonderful daughter and thus also one of the parents at school. I've got my profession giving me colleagues and professional relations. I'm a neighbor active in the neighborhood. I'm a sailor. I'm a son and a brother. I'm living in several completely different spheres. I'm glad to have multiple spheres to choose from. I wouldn't like to live in only 1 sphere. And then there is only 1 Facebook account!
Some things you like to share with one group of people, other things with other people. I don't think my philosophical friends are interested in my party pictures. And my dancing friends might not be interested in my philosophical reflexions. (http://sandersreflexions.blogspot.com/2005/04/reflexion.html)
What I'm really missing is a way to create views or spheres in the social media. Especially, because some spheres are more active than others. I want to be able to choose one of the spheres and see the updates of those friends and share things with them and only them.
So, friends out here in the virtual world. How are you handling this?
