Do you surf the information social highway at work?

Do you surf the information social highway at work?

by Mike Fruchter on June 21, 2008 · No Comments

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Do you surf the information social highway at work?

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If you are like me you check in with your various social networks throughout the day while at work. It’s a daily necessity for us social media connoisseurs to stay constantly connected to our online networks, whether it’s professional or personal. For a lot of us it’s what makes the day go by faster when there is down time. A new study shows that it actually increases productivity, Do you agree? Some of us Twitter, some of us dive into Google reader, some of us network on Facebook and Friendfeed. Whatever your daily online social outlet is, and the tools you use to contribute to them, the point is you are on company time.

A Majority of company’s have Internet guide lines and policies set in place. At my job there is a trust factor along with the policy. They trust that their employees will follow these policies. While everything from email to instant messages are logged, we have the freedom to do what we want on the Internet, as long as we are responsible about it. That to me is a privilege, not a requirement.

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On Friendfeed I asked these questions:

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1) Do you Twitter at work? 2) Blog at work? 3) Surf Friendfeed or Facebook at work?

2) Are you concerned about your employer knowing what you do online at work?

As the replies reveal, a majority of us who are behind a computer all day at work, use some form of social networking application.

1. Rarely. 2. Almost never. 3. Always. – Louis Gray
yep to all – Paula Hawk
On the second question, no. Not at all. But if I did make posts or tweets at work, those are not only an obvious distraction, but I have colleagues (and direct reports) following on Twitter… so they get alerts to their cell phone. That’s not the example I want to set. – Louis Gray
1) Not really, but that’s not because I’m at work. 2) No. 3) Totally. Part of my job description is to understand, engage, and distill new technology down and figure out ways our clients can use them, so it’s known I’m using social media. – Mark Trapp
1. Rarely. 2. No. 3. FriendFeed, not Facebook, and only during lunch, though I must admin it’s pretty damn hard to not peek into the FriendFeed river of noise during the day. – Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Yes to often – Tim FitzGerald
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Keep your voice down and YES I do. – Michelle Miller
must confess to being in the “do that for work” camp. wonder what % we make up, making perceptions totally wacked out – Marshall Kirkpatrick via fftogo
I try not to when at work but occasionally – Joe
1. yes personal use 2. yes professional use 3 & 4 yes for both personal and profession reasons (have apps
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