What’s The Fastest Media Channel To Get In Touch With Someone?

I want to conduct an experiment someday soon to discover the fastest media channel to get in touch with me.

The experiment:

Multiple people somehow find a way to get in touch with me (all at the same time) about going to dinner.

That sounds easy enough right? I am just curious to see which media channel I would check first and which media channel would people choose to find me. Would it be Facebook, Twitter, email, text, instant message, or phone call? I honestly want to know which one I would respond to on the fastest and check first. I know the phone would be out because I screen and don’t always like to talk to people (even my friends) when I don’t know why they are calling. I think either through social networks, email or text would I be most likely to respond, check first is a whole different question.

Which one do you think you would check first and respond to?

Job Seekers Prepare To Hand Over Your Facebook Page

I was completely caught off guard this morning when watching HLN on TV thanks to a special news report. Apparently, more and more employers are asking job applicants for their Facebook login information. Many have been asking, “Is this legal?” Apparently so, but I doubt for long. The report this morning stated that three states in U.S. have already had representatives file to protect people from being asked for this personal information.

What happened to the good ole days of Facebook stalking where you try to “friend” the applicant and then see their page? This story has blown up in the news and gained a lot of attention in just a short amount of time. I feel like requesting Facebook login information would scare of possible candidates. If they don’t have anything to hide, they will gladly show you their page without having to hand you the password. Also, from a public relations standpoint, this shows that employers have little faith in their employees. It makes employers appear untrusting and unwilling to build personal relationships. In my personal experience, I have NEVER learned information about a person more from Facebook than from actually just taking the time to get to know them.

I understand how employers could examine someone’s Facebook page and make judgments about them as a person; however, I have to wonder how accurate those judgments really are? Can you learn everything you need to know from someone’s Facebook page? Employers are taking applicants login information and not only viewing the applicants’ page, but also their friends’ pages.  For example, I am friends with about 900 people on Facebook, yet I only actually spend face-to-face time with 30 of them. Just how accurate of an analysis of a person can you make from this? We no longer judge a book by its cover, we judge by its Facebook page. Also, most people tend to use Facebook to connect with others. If knowing that an employer could deny you a job based on your Facebook profile and friends, will this limit who you are friends with and your connections?

It will be very interesting to see how this plays out in the courts and in the future that’s for sure. What do you think? Are employers overstepping?

Does Social Media Take A Spring Break Vacation?

Spring break is finally here! Well not for me because I work but for students at least. Are people still using social media as much as normal or is there a decline in social media use during spring break? Spring break is supposed to be a time for individuals to relax and enjoy their time off, but does this mean they take time off from their computers and phones as well? I notice that without my friends from school in town and without a boring class to sit in, I have not been checking my Facebook, Twitter, etc accounts, mostly because the people I want to see or the time I want to waste is not currently here. What do you think? Do you use social media more or less during spring break?