As 2010 has begun to roll in around the world, I'd like to wish all my readers a wonderful new year and a fabulous new decade filled with great aspirations, unwavering resolve, and rousing successes—even if they require an occasional helping hand to get there. (Quite possibly my favorite viral video of all time.)
Privacy is an important concern when it comes to any online service, especially social media, but I think it's even more so on Facebook. Twitter is specfically designed to broadcast messages out to the world and LinkedIn is used primarily for professional purposes, which means people already apply a certain internal filter when deciding what to publish there. But most people use Facebook to share personal information with a select group of friends that can quickly give you the illusion that you're having somewhat private conversations with these people.
Unfortunately, it's not that cut-and-dried. And it's also a bit of a moving target as Facebook regularly makes changes to how you control their privacy settings, sometimes in response to user complaints (or government action), sometimes to better serve their other stakeholders, like advertisers and third-party developers.
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If one of your new year's resolutions for 2010 is to find a new job—whether by choice or necessity—you'll improve your chances by creating a professional profile on LinkedIn and then building your network to help you get it seen by the right people. I plan to write a more extensive series on how to use some of LinkedIn's additional options, like Questions/Answers and Groups but, in the meantime, here are some basics to help get you started.
The hash tag (#) is not an official Twitter feature, but it has certainly become a standard element of tweeting. However, the concept can be a little hard to wrap your head around, and some people experience problems getting them to work right, so here are some posts I wrote about it during the year that I hope will help answer any questions you may have about it.
