Both personally and professionally, I’m all about social media. I Facebook, I Tweet, I Digg, I Stumble, and of course, I blog. I guess I would call myself an early adopter. I don’t necessarily wait for sites to be popular before I start using them. I jump in, learn the ins-and-outs, and start using various tools that appeal to me. I consider myself to be pretty social-media savvy, but let’s face it – I have to be, so I can offer these services to you!
Still…no matter how savvy I am (or think I am), I do get a little anxious when these sites announce they’re going to make updates. For example, it seems that every other month Facebook makes a change to their site. Sometimes they’re minor, but sometimes it’s pretty significant. The more significant ones do knock me off kilter a bit.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m pretty good at figuring things out for myself, but the idea of facing yet another change to the status quo always makes my heart beat a little faster. Maybe I’m confusing anxiety with excitement…I don’t know! I can only imagine what update announcements might do to someone who’s not so social media savvy. Do you experience anxiety when it comes to change? How do you react when a social media site announces a significant update?
