The most annoying social media buzzwords
I love social media. It helps people in their work, and life, and makes the world a better place.
But the buzz words used by social media experts and hangers on - sweet screaming monkeys, they dive me crazy.
So what are the worst of the worst? The most over-used, meangingless and or annoying words and phrases?
This being a new media blog, I did of course crowdsource this question on Twitter, telling people "I'm going to blog" on the topic.
Some of your suggestions and replies:
- Curate
- Social media maven
- Social media ninja
- Digital natives
- Social media influencers
- Conversation facilitators
- Folksonomy
- Deep learnings
- Authentic engagement
- "That *stupid* #ttrttpt hashtag" [this tweet relates to the previous tweet - CK]
- Twacism
- Crowdsourcing! [Oh very good - CK]
- "I'm going to blog". The idea that "blog" is a verb is annoying :-) [Ha, at least I don't use emoticons*, buddy - CK]
- Social graph
- "We aren't changing our policy on allowing anonymous comments" [Ho ho. Nope - CK]
- Digital assets
- Any portmanteau ending in "sphere". Blogosphere, Twittersphere, Tumblrsphere
- 'Boom' to infer success completion or agreement.
- Return on engagement
- Social mediums
Feel free to add your own examples in Comments below.
Thanks to @RupertTheBeer, @LukeGoode, @kiwieric, @aknight18, @paulq, @candace_kinser and @open2viewNZ, @josh_drummond, @aehodgkinson and @VinLew.
* I've just had words with @CalebAllison, who said in some cases an emoticon is necessary to convey additional information in the blank world of text. I can see where he's coming from. But if you, say, use a wink ;-) to convey irony, the very use of the emoticon reduces your dry wit into a pool of cheese.























Comments and questions4
Social Media Expert or any derivation thereof, for example: Social Media Maven, Twitter Mentor, Social Media Ninja, etc, ad infinitum
The phrase "social media graph", especially when used in a non-ironic context
YOLO: the cry of a truly stupid person about to do something especially stupid
Any portmanteau ending in "sphere". Blogosphere, Twittersphere. Tumblrsphere?
(Impressive use of "Portmanteau", sir. And to think they say NBR commentors are all mouth-breathing [snip]. You suggestions have been incorporated above. - CK)
'Boom' to infer success completion or agreement.
'Return on Engagement"
'social mediums'
ugh.
Emoticons are the verbal equivalent of cadence, imparting a tonal inflection to a phrase, sentence etc
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