Best,
Aimee

It’s the same old apples to oranges comparison. They’re two completely different channels with different means by which you would measure popularity/utility.

I’d love to see myself as a ‘media literate information socialite’, but sometimes I just feel like an aimless procrastinator on Twitter. It’s so rich with information and opinions – and I’m a massive knowledge junkie – that I often find myself getting sucked into oblivion, and not focusing on the important tasks.

Working on it though!

I’ve written a post reviewing some of the recent banter in the Blogosphere and Statusphere about Twitter search, and some interesting stuff that’s going on. If you get chance to take a look, you can find it at http://www.gloryinvirtue.com

Interesting points executed in fine rhetoric.

But to call social media the next industrial revolution? It might a little too much, don’t you think?

And how does the statusphere benefit the every day Joe Sch2.0e?

I have written a lonely, sad post to your phenomenon. Please check it out and remember imitation is a form of flattery!

“It’s in the way that you use it.”

That too me is the # 1 most important point about social media.

Like everything else, any time there’s a low barrier to entry everyone comes in and not everyone has something worth paying attention to.

But just because there’s people out there telling you on twitter where they’re going to eat lunch or “I’m going to sleep now” doesn’t mean that’s what everyone in social media does.

It’s also a place to get unparalleled access to the thoughts, interests and links of people and groups of people that you never could access previously and you can interact with them (or some of them). Being able to chose who you follow and filter the streams with keywords and groups makes the difference.

The downside is people with ADHD can find these social networks to be great distraction magnets too, amplifying the condition, spending hour’s going off on endless rabbit holes losing hours of productive time.

But, that being said, I think if you’re heavily into social media, having ADHD can be a competitive edge. Not having ADHD might be a disadvantage in social media.

ADDers have higher levels of curiosity and energy, greater multitasking and scanning abilities, the ability to process quickly large quantities of information (IF they’re interested in it) and when they’re interested in something, the ability to hyperfocus like a laser to take better advantage of these opportunities in social media and chances to learn and share.

ADHD is not really a deficit of attention it’s a surplus of it. We notice everything, well, except for paperwork:)

It all comes down to how you use it and how you manage yourself around it.

You might want to read this article I did a while back. Top 10 Advantages of ADD in a High Tech Career

http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/

For most of recorded time community has been build off line, it’s going to take a while to get more people open to the idea of also doing it online.