Unsocial Media

It was supposed to bring us closer together but may have driven us irreparably apart. It was supposed to be a great time-saving tool but may have wasted eternity. It was supposed to further democratize everything, including the arts, but may end up doing the opposite. Like everything else it seems, it’s become about money—-taking it, making it, spending it, investing it, gambling it away. And here I am, writing on social media thoughts previously expressed only to my wife over morning coffee. I know I will never personally get the hang of this thing in any event, not while it’s all about selling.

This morning’s example. I had true joy seeing a LinkedIn note for Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s BLACK PATRIOTS on the History Channel. Kareem’s a hero to me in every sense of the word. The series will focus on how “African Americans played an integral role in the fight for our country’s independence”. Terrific, exciting, important. All the more reason for my disappointment on seeing one of the “comments” from someone else in his “network”: I HELP CEO’S GET SUPERIOR VALUATIONS AND SALES TEAMS GET MORE APPOINTMENTS, LARGER DEALS & SHORTER SALES CYCLES

Too bad folks don’t always treat social media as if they were actually in the room. Can you imagine a get-together for the premiere of Kareem’s new project? The anticipation prior and the appreciation after at the Q&A until one man who just can’t help himself rises up and tells Kareem in a booming voice “I help CEOs get better…..”