Lately, I have seen a couple of opinion pieces written by marketing people that state you should never, ever share your political opinion, at the risk of losing clients and alienating your network.

I don't agree. I think it depends on where you are sharing your views. I don't think you should share your political views on LinkedIn, but you definitely should on Twitter.

<strong>LinkedIn is a professional, business-oriented social network. Twitter is not.</strong>

People go to LinkedIn specifically to network and to research your professional background. They do not go to LinkedIn to find out about  your views on Hillary Clinton.

<strong>Twitter is real-time conversation. LinkedIn is more static.</strong>

I know that you aren’t supposed to talk about politics or religion in polite company. But Twitter is not polite company. It’s a rapid-fire issue-of-the-minute national and international conversation. LinkedIn, on the other hand, is not that. It’s a staid, share your credentials and network sort of place.

There are millions of tweets every hour. On LinkedIn, your network probably shares a few updates a day.

<strong>People go to Twitter to share their opinion and see what others think.</strong>

During the presidential debates it was pretty easy to see who doesn't live in the United States and who uses automated tweets. Those were the folks who didn't weigh in on the Clinton-Trump stand-off and/or tweeted about non-political matters.

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