What’s YOUR Passion in Social Media?

People create blogs, profiles, groups and fan pages based on things they love: brands, hobbies, themselves, sports, etc.  I’ve been noting increased occurrences of blogs or profiles that have been abandoned or display a half-assed attempt at trying to convince readers or surfers that they actually care about the things they proclaim to “luv”.  Obviously, those iterations were not the passion of the creators.

What are your primary passions?  How are they manifesting themselves in your social media habits?  If they are not, they need to ASAP.  Having a presence in social media just to have a presence is not enough.  This especially applies to brands, but that’s a different article.

The truth is that many of us are interested in so many different things.  Thanks to the internet, we have been awash in data and information.  This makes it harder to focus on what we truly love.  What gets you so excited about that you want to stand up from your chair when you talk about it with friends?  Tennis?  Going green?  Fiscal policy?

To give you an idea of what I mean, please take the time to watch the entire video below.  I randomly came across a video that Phil Plait, of Discovery Magazine’s Bad Astronomy.com, posted about the Phoenix descent.   I had to write about it.  His passion jumps out of the screen and it continues to elevate throughout the video.  It’s clear that he’s producing content for the “right” reasons.

So, what are you this passionate about?  Health care?  Helping the homeless?  Quilting?  What gets you so fired up that you leap from your seat when you discuss it?  (leave them in the comment box below with the link to your blog, profile, twitter account, etc)