Comments on: What Social Media Sites Are Hot – Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/archives/what-social-media-sites-are-hot-%e2%80%93-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/ Using LinkedIn to find, get found, and network your way to success! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Steve Tylock http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/archives/what-social-media-sites-are-hot-%e2%80%93-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Steve Tylock Tue, 25 May 2010 13:38:51 +0000 http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/?p=771#comment-1295 Mel, I cannot stop someone else from standing on the corner and shouting nonsense. One, they have a right to do so, and two, there are just too many of them to take all of my valuable time;-) I can educate everyone else - and show them how to evaluate publications and promotional material to see that it <b>is</b> nonsense. And I accept your point. I'm in the middle of myth-busting and that's another area I have to call attention to - otherwise people will think that connecting indiscriminately has some sort of benefit, even if it looks a bit scary... steve Mel,

I cannot stop someone else from standing on the corner and shouting nonsense. One, they have a right to do so, and two, there are just too many of them to take all of my valuable time;-)

I can educate everyone else – and show them how to evaluate publications and promotional material to see that it is nonsense.

And I accept your point.

I’m in the middle of myth-busting and that’s another area I have to call attention to – otherwise people will think that connecting indiscriminately has some sort of benefit, even if it looks a bit scary…

steve

]]> By: Mel Kleiman http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/archives/what-social-media-sites-are-hot-%e2%80%93-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Mel Kleiman Mon, 24 May 2010 03:22:59 +0000 http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/?p=771#comment-1249 Once again we have people who are posting self-serving statics and calling it research. Let call things what they are. A great way to get media attention. Look at all of the attention you gave the study. Even if it was bad press it was press and that is what they wanted. Once again we have people who are posting self-serving statics and calling it research.

Let call things what they are. A great way to get media attention.

Look at all of the attention you gave the study. Even if it was bad press it was press and that is what they wanted.

]]> By: Weekdays More Popular With LinkedIn Users | The LinkedIn Personal Trainer http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/archives/what-social-media-sites-are-hot-%e2%80%93-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Weekdays More Popular With LinkedIn Users | The LinkedIn Personal Trainer Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:00:09 +0000 http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/?p=771#comment-207 [...] I thought I’d display my modest excel (actually OpenOffice Calc) skills and do this up as a chart. It still takes some interpreting, but at least I’m not making a cappuccino out of vanilla data… (see my post from early November on distorting data if you’re a newer reader;-) [...] [...] I thought I’d display my modest excel (actually OpenOffice Calc) skills and do this up as a chart. It still takes some interpreting, but at least I’m not making a cappuccino out of vanilla data… (see my post from early November on distorting data if you’re a newer reader;-) [...]

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