How Many is Enough?

I've got accounts on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Plaxo. How many is too many?

Further, what are the relative strength/weakness of each? LinkedIn is better for business, Facebook is more social, and Plaxo is, well, I'm not sure. I'm seeing the twitters on Plaxo, so I think its more social. That begs a question: Can I link (RSS, or whatever) this blog to Plaxo? Or any other platform?

I mentioned that LinkedIn is more business-oriented, and I think it is. You keep occupational data on it, and make connections to others in your field or company, but what then? I haven't found anyone yet who can answer that, and I've asked a few. I'm linked, in one way or another, to over two million people. What do I do with them? Would they send me a quarter each?

It takes a lot of time to keep it all up to date, and I'm not sure they offer sufficient return to keep investing. It would be nice to know what others think.... since no one comments here (besides Keith) I suppose I'll have to ask on another channel. Maybe I need a MySpace page....

Loose Ends

I should respond to a (the!) comment left earlier regarding Twitter.

I think that the idea of a constant stream of consciousness-type of social context-based, real-time blogging has its place. I'm just not real sure what that place is. I've seen other people's Twitter streams (which sounds really wrong) and I've noticed that the noise-to-signal ratio was really high. Maybe the problem is that a lot of people feel they need to fill the void; "If I'm on the stream, I don't exist unless I contribute to the stream!" But there were comments of people waiting for buses, going shopping, etc.

I can't be more clear: I don't care. Nope, not even a little. Seriously, I think this whole blogging thing is almost embarrassingly self-absorbed, being a part of a real-time narrative of the minutiae of one's life would make my head explode.

Dissenting opinion? Comment - jump right in. I am psychologically prepared to be disabused of my preconceptions.