DISQUS

George Tsiolis · 2 years ago

Mathew, agreed on both fronts.

Having said that, we are getting ready to launch a social network component of our website (for small-cap investors) and wondering if we should call it "investor networking". Not for the sake of being different but for the sake of better categorizing the offering. Otherwise, if we all call it "social networking", do we run the risk of the masses thinking their purpose is to strictly socialize online?

Would like to hear your thoughts.

Best,
George
Mathew · 2 years ago

George, I think you could probably call it whatever you like -- it's your site :-)
George Tsiolis · 2 years ago

You think? :-) I was actually looking for your thoughts on the risks of applying the term "social networking" to all networking sites out there (think MySpace vs. Linkedin).

I know when I speak to non-techies in the biz world they immediately think social networking is for socializing/fun.

Do we let them figure it out for themselves?

GT
Mathew · 2 years ago

That's a fair point. I guess it's the "networking" part, which means stuffing your business card in people's faces or whatever. That's why I like to call it "social media."