Don’t worry about posting. Start by ‘liking’.  

Once you’ve joined your organisation’s Enterprise social network such as Viva Engage, don’t feel you need to contribute immediately. To get started I offer this simple advice:   

  Don’t worry about posting. Start by ‘liking’.   

  This takes a minimum amount of effort and shows that you are taking an interest. This is the same as nodding during a face-to-face conversation. When you join a group of people who are already talking, the polite approach is to start by listening (i.e. ‘liking’).     

Once you know what people are talking about, you can contribute to the conversation (i.e. ‘replying’). After that, you can start a conversation about a new topic (i.e. ‘posting’ a new message).