For me personally, I have a VERY clear line. My personal page is exactly that – personal. This is the place that I choose to share with my family and friends celebrations, holidays, birthdays and my kids achievements. I share some personal stories on my business page and vice versa. But the main of it is separate.

This goes back to when I was working in corporate. I had a policy of not being friends on social media with the people I worked with, unless we had a friendship outside of work. That’s just me. I like to keep the lines separate.

I don’t like to bombard my friends with stories about the current launches I am working on and tips to grow their business. And likewise, I don’t want to share with my business “friends” that I am out for lunch to celebrate my dad’s birthday or that my son just pulled a snake out of the pool filter – I mean do you really care?

And I most definitely don’t need my business friends witnessing a slightly(?) intoxicated version of me riding a mechanical bull in Vegas.

I’m also one of those people that cleans up and lets go of “friends” on social media. I mean if we haven’t connected online or in real life for over 12 months I think it is fair to say we no longer have the things in common that we once had. And I’m ok with that. I’m clearing space so that I am able connect and share with more of the people I love and am interested in.

In fact, anthropologists have confirmed that humans do not have the brain power to maintain relationships if groups grow much larger than 150 people.

15% of all Facebook users have over 500 friends. If we exclude that top 15%, the average number is roughly 200.

I’m below average with 141 friends.

I’m interested to hear your thoughts on this.

How do you use your personal Facebook Page?

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