It is well established that each successive generation uses social media and networking sites to a significantly greater extent than the previous one.
However, do you as an IT professional (of whatever age group) use Facebook / LinkedIn / MySpace / twitter / ning and blogging sites more than your colleagues or friends who have not grown up with IT as a second language?
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I suspect that IT professionals may well be more "into" social media than many other professions although definitely not all (media, PR etc).
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Although IT professionals were definitely amongst the 'early adopters' for social media sites, their use is now much more widespread, and therefoer it is hard to say which groups use them the most.
ReplyDeleteI agree that IT professionals were early users of social media, but I suspect that use by other professionals is increasing rapidly.
ReplyDeleteICT workers are probably ahead of the game, although it still seems to be divided more by age: under 35s love social media while the rest of us tend to be more cautious..
ReplyDeleteUndoubtedly IT professionals use the likes of Facebook more than those from other professions. Although even within the IT there are two camps; one that sees IT as a means to an end, and another group that wants to tinker under the bonnet and take everything that these sort of applications can offer. Increasingly everyone is being driven to promote products, companies, services and ideas using special interest groups within the social media applications.
ReplyDeleteMy personal answer is an emphatic YES!!
ReplyDeleteAs an "Older": IT professional, I recognise the commercial value of social media - Those new companies without much in the way of market spend can get a lot of traffic and value if they utilise the various media - As a user I have to say I get a great deal of value form both Linkedin and Facebook. Linkedin is a must have for recruiting these days as it has c30 million professional many IT, and one can search this group at zero cost! Facebook is very useful for keeping up with friends and family.