Jordan Powers

I feel bad ignoring people’s friend requests, and not following some people on twitter but I am just not interested in accepting friend requests for people to browse my life anymore - or follow people just because they are in the same industry or a mutual friend, etc.  We all are guilty of it, but I want to filter it out any irrelevant relationships that are in my life as much as I can - while still being accessable to those that matter.

This is by no means to sound high and mighty, I really just need a spring cleaning.  I think we all do.  One of my intentions this year is that if I am going to continue with social media, I am going to do it on purpose and at my own pace - instead of just to tell people how important I think I am and why you should pay attention to me. 

For the most part, I abide by these rules already, but there are still some loopholes in my little system that I need to work out. 

I will only send friend requests (or keep friends with people) for FOUR reasons:

1. We are actually friends or family members.
2. You are an aquaintence that I consider to be valuable to network with for one reason or another.
3. I find you entertaining.
4. You have had some sort of impact in my life.

If you aren’t any of those things to me, I will most likely not accept you friend requests (or keep you as a friend) - unless you fall into another category which has not yet been created.

If you DO want to send me a friend request, that is fine go for it.  I WANT to make connections with people - but I want them to be relevant to my life… and my purposes.  Send me a message if you think I need convincing, but otherwise if I haven’t accepted your request… you know the reason why.