The Social Media Hippie

You all know who I’m talking about. Similar to “That Guy” only more annoying the social media hippie has taken it upon him or herself to correct the wrongs of evil marketers. After all, they aren’t making money with social media. Why should you?

It’s about listening, purity and happy sunshine rainbows. In other words: complete and utter bullshit encased in a new wave package.

This is the person who actually lives in their mom’s basement. As opposed to the rest of us (who are we kidding, everyone thinks we live there anyway).

After extensive study online I’ve compiled what I believe to be the:

The 10 Commandments of the Social Media Hippie

1. Thy content can’t be monetized. Ever.

2. SEO is the work of the devil.

3. Thou won’t link out to relevant content. (Just their other blogs)

4. Thou will alternately praise and demonize people who “get it”.

5. Thou must write long rambling comments on obscure things only they care about.

6. Thou was here first, so clearly they are cooler.

7. Thou won’t allow comments.

8. Thou must bury and shun any attempts at marketing. (See Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon etc)

9. Thou must use obscure sites and technology in order to be “cutting edge”. (Even if the product is inferior)

10. Thou must claim to listen a lot. Thou won’t shut up though.

Have anything else to add to the list? I would love to hear about it.

Photo Credit: Lifeontheedge

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