Comments on: Subconscious Motivation http://nortonlam.com/blog/2009/07/14/subconscious-motivation/ Musings from a social media developer (and addict) Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:28:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Twitter and Generation Y | Social Verses http://nortonlam.com/blog/2009/07/14/subconscious-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Twitter and Generation Y | Social Verses Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:11:46 +0000 http://nortonlam.com/blog/?p=110#comment-35 [...] discussion about Generation Y was originally part of my Subconcious Motivation post, but as I was writing, I determined it was really a subject on its own, so I pulled it out to [...] [...] discussion about Generation Y was originally part of my Subconcious Motivation post, but as I was writing, I determined it was really a subject on its own, so I pulled it out to [...]

]]> By: Optimista http://nortonlam.com/blog/2009/07/14/subconscious-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Optimista Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:44:34 +0000 http://nortonlam.com/blog/?p=110#comment-32 I Tweet and use Facebook because it makes me feel more connected to my friends when I know what they're doing and when I feel like they know what I'm doing and are supporting and cheering me on in those endeavors. I guess that puts me more in the "wanting to belong" category. I don't think either my Tweets or my FB status posts are informative; or, at least, rarely so. I blog because I'm passionate about my blog topic, and I love sharing that passion with others, whether they're my friends or not. There, and on Yelp, my motivations are more in the "wanting to be informative" category, although there is a "wanting to belong" element to those, too. I think your wife's theories are basically true, and that the extent to which they are varies depending on the person and how they use that particular tool. I Tweet and use Facebook because it makes me feel more connected to my friends when I know what they’re doing and when I feel like they know what I’m doing and are supporting and cheering me on in those endeavors. I guess that puts me more in the “wanting to belong” category. I don’t think either my Tweets or my FB status posts are informative; or, at least, rarely so.

I blog because I’m passionate about my blog topic, and I love sharing that passion with others, whether they’re my friends or not. There, and on Yelp, my motivations are more in the “wanting to be informative” category, although there is a “wanting to belong” element to those, too. I think your wife’s theories are basically true, and that the extent to which they are varies depending on the person and how they use that particular tool.

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