I’m a Chicago real estate blogger \u00a0who resides in a glass house (okay, an MCM\u00a0high rise) so throw ’em if you got ’em. \u00a0A\u00a0little collateral stone breakage comes with the territory in this Midwest cranny. Regardless, here are a handful of Social Media miens that tick \u00a0me off on a daily basis. In no great order:<\/p>\n
1) Stock Photo Images On A Realtor’s Blog 2) Blogs In A Box 3) Proprietary Use Of The Word ‘Professional’<\/strong> 6) Bully Commentors, Distressed Diplomats From Angola In Possession Of My $20 Million (US), \u00a0& All Other Web Crawling Spamsters<\/strong> G.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m a Chicago real estate blogger \u00a0who resides in a glass house (okay, an MCM\u00a0high rise) so throw ’em if you got ’em. \u00a0A\u00a0little collateral stone breakage comes with the territory in this Midwest cranny. Regardless, here are a handful of Social Media miens that tick \u00a0me off on a daily basis. 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\n<\/strong>My take:<\/em> If you’re going to offer up something to the SM gods that even faintly smells literary, have the decency (imagination?) to snap your own accompanying picture. (Unless of course, its a really cool shot of a vintage car or dog.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>My take:<\/em> Come on fellow ‘bloggers,’ we all know you don’t write that crappy content about real estate minutiae that you plaster on LinkedIn and Facebook every other day.\u00a0(“6 Factors Homeowners Should Consider Blah Blah Blah.” ??? Yeah right. I saw three different Realtors with their names on some re-tweaked version of that one the other day.) It’s pretty obvious you’re paying some vendor $1.26 per copy to re-brand these thinly-veiled press releases, ‘newsletters,’ and USA Today column fillers. Grow a brain, please.<\/p>\n
\nMy take:<\/em> At least once a month I get dissed because my shaved headed, sun shaded profile picture is ‘unprofessional.’ \u00a0It’s all in the POV, folks. \u00a0See, to me it looks like everybody else on LinkedIn appears to have gotten the Glamor Shots Jos. A. Bank Funeral Director Discount. If you think your shizz is so self- important then try this: unsubscribe from the SM platform for a couple days and see how much the rest of the buttoned-down world doesn’t notice.
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\n4) Facebook Profile With Your Name But Your Child\/Grandchild’s Face<\/strong>
\nMy take:<\/em>\u00a0Someone please explain???
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\n5) Facebook Pages Of Dead Dudes Acting Like They’re Not<\/strong>
\nMy take<\/em>: Keith Moon and George Carlin immediately come to mind. No shit, Keith even wished everybody a ‘Happy Friday’ last week and he kicked it back in 1978. Look it up.<\/p>\n
\nMy take:<\/em> Bite me.<\/p>\n