My dialup BBS experience in 7th grade was emerging and social... and there were door games which means pretty pictures (that's media!). That should give me... *ponder* 27 years experience :D - Michael W. May

ha! :p - Yolanda from IM

I've been blogging since 2001. - Alex Scoble

i've been complaining on the Internet since 1994. - Joe Silence is not Santa

They also mention digg... that one was founded in 2004 as well. - Yolanda from IM

Yep, I've been internetting since 94. I've got 15 years experience. - Yolanda from IM

sister? - Joe Silence is not Santa

7+ years in internet time. Though, y'know, sixdegrees.com was founded in 1997... - Andrew C

IRC is certainly social. - Joe Silence is not Santa

Also, Playboy is looking for a "Social Media/Audience Development Manager" Only need 5 to 7 years experience for that one. - Yolanda from IM

I've been on usenet since 1994... well, to be honest, I haven't used it in probably 3-4 years now. - Andrew C

I used Compact Disks when they first came out, AND I talked to my friends about them. That gives me 24 years in social and emerging media. :-) - Slappy Line

I'm waiting for someone looking for experience in social media failure. After all, I am one of only a handful of people who launched blogging products in the first couple years of the decade who never made a dime. :D - Roger Benningfield

Yolanda, I saw a job listing with exactly this kind of problem earlier today. Puts me off of the company altogether since it makes them look out of touch... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I've been online since 1992, so it's possible to have loads of experience in emerging media. - cecily

Exactly, Tina. If you are going to list specific websites that you want a person to have experience with, at least make the years of experience match up. - Yolanda from IM

I assume they want 7 years of traditional media experience with an ever-increasing share devoted to online and social stuff. Think about it - most of us FFers are small-scale social media whizzes but we're not actually trained or qualified as marketers or community managers or communications directors, are we? - Daniel J. Pritchett

I figured as much. I just think it is funny that they are asking someone to have a minimum of 7 years experience with Youtube, Facebook, and Digg. If I read correctly, none of them were around in 2002. - Yolanda from IM

Maybe you could claim that time spent on multiple social sites is like concurrent prison sentences? - Greg Guitarbuster

hahahaha ++ - Marco(aureliusmaximus)