Scoble, LisaNova, YouTube, and Friend Nazis
Yeah, this post by Scoble is four days old, but he’s so dead-on right that I have to respond.
I recently plunged into YouTube. A serious time-sink, and a lot of fun, and a hotbed of serious possibilities for business communications. (More—much more—on that in coming posts.)
YouTube isn’t at all serious about policing my friend-making habits, and I’m glad of it. Yes, they do include a silly bit of language about “if you know this person” when you invite someone to be a friend…
… but they don’t ask you how you know the person.
The whole idea of friends on social media sites is fraught with much potential for silliness. It became the theme of my first YouTube video. Enjoy.
Lisa Donovan (LisaNova as she’s known on YouTube) and I had a very nice exchange of emails, so one could almost say we know each other—now. But that exchange happened after she signed on as my friend. I couldn’t have sent her the email if she hadn’t accepted my friend invitation without knowing me from swiss cheese. Of course, I could honestly say I knew her—I knew she makes well produced and really funny videos. But she didn’t know me. She accepted my friend invite because she’s gracious.
Well, actually, because she knows what’s good for her YouTube career. Turning away potential friends would have been rather boneheaded.
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