Most of my friends would say I am a social butterfly. Probably because I regularly talk to a lot of people I don't know while pumping gas, dining out, or in the dressing room at Macy's, but those conversations fall short of what constitutes an actual friendship. I am friends with my clients, people I grew up with, neighbors, agents I work with, and yes, people I meet online. But I am not friends with the guys standing next to me at the popcorn counter at Tower Theatre in Land Park. Unless they want to buy or sell homes in Land Park, all I'm going to say is wrong door, dudes, men's restroom is over there.
So why is it that some people at social networking sites feel it is necessary to be my friend when I don't know them? How do they find my profile anyway?
I receive daily emails from such sites as LinkedIn and Facebook, and a host of others I never post on nor belong to asking me to be a friend or join some elite group. I don't have an inordinate amount of time to spend online. I am finishing my short sale book, working with buyers, taking listings, contributing articles to my homebuying site on About.com, and I simply do not have the time to figure out who these people are or why they want to be my friend.
Kris Berg wrote a cute blog about how she would like invitations for friendship on Facebook. Why don't these people go be friends with Kris? Why are they sending me emails?
The thing is if I don't know you, I'm clicking "ignore." It's nothing personal. To make it personal, you'd have to be my friend.
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Elizabeth Weintraub is an author, home buying columnist for The New York Times-owned About.com, a Land Park resident, and a Land Park real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento. Weintraub is also a Sacramento Short Sale agent who lists and successfully sells short sales throughout the four-county Sacramento area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 35 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate. DRE License # 00697006.
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