Ultimately, from an ethical stand point, it’s about doing the right thing. We all understand the boundaries, but the web can be less forgiving in that if you annoy someone, the chances are, hundreds or perhaps thousands will know!

On the plus side, you’re going to meet some great people, too…

Thanks for enlightening us about the line separating social media and social network. I guess, I should follow the rules you have provided regarding an ethical way of responding to a social media or joining a social network. I’m looking forward to reading your next posts.

If you’ve got any questions, you know where to find me…

I do often find myself deliberating about where to share specific things. Like you I use many different services. I don’t want to be overly redundant, but I also see my different networks as serving different audiences. For example my Facebook friends are mostly people I know in person, while Twitter skews highly towards Web development and Higher Education. But there is some crossover, so I won’t post everything to both places.

Anything I want to keep for myself gets saved to Delicious and those posts are automatically added to Facebook as well. Things I think would be well received on Twitter get shared there, news articles of special interest get Dugg, and articles of particular usefulness get Stumbled. And like you it all gets aggregated into FriendFeed. I need to work on Stumbling more, StumbleUpon has been a great referrer for my blog, but sometimes it’s a juggling act. If something has already gone to Delicious, Facebook and Twitter I worry about posting to too many places, so I have to evaluate each submission on its own. And then sometimes if one is rushed, it’s a matter of convenience. If the quickest way to share is to retweet, then that’s what happens.

Overall I may not share enough, but if I err on sharing less then I’ll do so with the idea of making every share count–so my readers can rely on finding value in the pages, blogs and articles I share with them.