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Do you use any types of social media? If so, what?
Check all that apply.
If you don't, why not?
I only use "the" Facebook. Tried MySpace about the same time I tried Facebook and Facebook won out. Wondering if I need to check out Twitter due to it's popularity.
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* Yes this is a shameless plug for the family Business! ::Banana::
I recently got a Google+ account and have added a few friends, but have not taken the time to figure it all out.
I voted facebook, but I only use it to laugh at all the stupid crap my 'friends' post ("OMG having tuna sandwich for dinner bitches LOL...ROFL...LMAO") and ignoring countless requests for people I saw for 10 minutes one day in highschool.
I use the facebook too. I've tried to delete it numerous times, but the wifey insists I keep it. If I don't use it, I feel like it's a complete waste, so I will post random stupid crap. I used to post a lot of pictures, but again, mostly stupid crap. I view social media sites as one of those "if you take it remotely seriously you are defeating the purpose" kind of things. I do have to say that facebook (or facepalm as I like to call it) is what brought the wifey and I back together after over a decade (and me to Texas), so I can't complain too much about it. I still would like to be able to say I got what I wanted from it and delete my account yet again, but nope. I've also "met' a few cousins on it too, since I haven't seen most of my family in about 7 years or so. Kind of has that going for it too.
I was sent a Google+ invite, and as far as I know my account is set up. I get emails saying people added me, and at one point I added people? I haven't spent more than the initial 5 minutes the first day I had it there...I still don't even know what it actually is.
Oh, back when twitter was brand new, 3 others at work and I shared an account. We would post the dumbest things we could think of and the others would try to guess who said it. Was actually great fun for about 2 months. We even had a few followers that none of us knew...which shows how "great" stuff like that is. Then about the same day we all got bored of it and nobody logged in again.
I don't use Spacebook and don't really see the point.....somebody find my cane will ya.
What no cheese option? ::Swiss:: Man, this site is really going downhill.
That is a damn good point!Quote:
Originally Posted by SixAce
I blame black roadster!
Apparently the mods are really slacking off lately... I may have to cut their pay...Quote:
Originally Posted by SixAce
We get paid? Where have you been sending my checks for the last seven years?!? ::Rant::
I'm on Facebook, and I've found it to be a pretty good way to keep in touch with people. It's also a lot easier to post Colin-related stuff up there and let the relatives find it than bombard them with emails.
I have a Google+ account, and I took about 3 minutes to set it up. Since then I don't think I've spent much time with it. I can't see the point, really - it doesn't seem to do anything that I don't already do with Facebook, and I've got to set the my whole network up from scratch. Why fix what I've got when it isn't broken?
I have noticed that it does a better job at managing and organize your friends, by focusing more on groups than Facebook does. Facebook allows you to put your friends in groups and communicate status updates that go only to certain groups, but it is a little hard to figure out. It looks like Google+ makes this more central to how you add friends, rather than having it as a hidden feature like Facebook.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
I like the Google+ interface better, but I'm not going to invest much time in it for now... I have noticed that more of my actual "friends" vs the people who I don't mind keeping tracking of what I'm doing are signing up on Google+ so maybe Fbook will fall aside... I'm guessing there'll be an integration/cross at some point so it won't matter which one I use...
I agere with Titus and Tailchaser (can't quote from this antiquated browser)...
Much easier to group people on Google, but until it hits critical mass I'm not sure I'll use it much. I also don't have a way (yet) to post to Google and FB at the same time like I can with FB and Twitter. Once one of the aggregating services adds Google I may start showing up there more.
Started with IRC...went to MUDD...then to ICQ and AOL and MSN and then to Yahoo (too many pervs)...eventually myspace, then everyone I knew left myspace for FB, so went to FB. Made a twitter account but I dont tweet. (TWSS)
Still have all my various accounts, but seems most everyone has migrated over to FB. It's all family and friends, and really just post a lot to annoy others....and play the stupid zynga games when I am bored. But it beats playing the all text games on the MUDD's - hardly anybody there anymore either.
I started off with MySpace back in '04, but it was glitchy and I constantly got spam from porno sites, so when I joined Facebook in '05 it was a big improvement. Then Facebook started letting everyone in and changing things every three months, and I felt like it was less of an improvement, even if it was still better than MySpace. Facebook is great for keeping up with my friends from college and other people who live far away. It's a pretty low-effort way of staying in touch with people, so it means I maintain some contact with people I probably wouldn't otherwise, and that's cool.
Got a G+ account a couple of weeks ago. Don't even bother to check it. I think I've spent maybe three minutes on it. There doesn't seem to be much going on over there, and what is going on is basically a repeat of what the same people are posting to FB.
I don't think G+ is going to bury Facebook the way Facebook did MySpace. It's a different situation. People keep talking about the features G+ offers over FB, forgetting that back in '07 or so when people started migrating from MS to FB, Facebook offered fewer features and a better user experience. The integration offered by G+ puts me off, as I don't like having my social media site connected to my e-mail service and I don't like how anyone in my e-mail address book can now see that I'm on G+ and decide to add me to one of their circles without my approval. I think that kind of integration will be more appealing to the kind of older, less tech-savvy late-adopters who will be less likely to want to change platforms in the first place.
I mean, most younger, tech-savvyish people probably don't have a problem with using one site to host photos, another for social media, another for e-mail and a few sites like this one where they can talk about their specific interests. It's just not a big deal, and integrating those things offers far more reasons to be concerned than benefits. Meanwhile the older FB users are going to be reluctant to learn yet another new platform, and probably won't switch unless the people they joined FB to talk to (i.e. their kids) end up deserting FB for G+, which I just don't see a compelling reason to expect happening.
I don't think G+ is a threat to FB, but if Google played its cards right it could become a real challenger to LinkedIn. I say this for a couple of reasons. First, the video conferencing offered by G+ has more business applications than recreational. I don't know many people who use video chatting unless they're away from loved ones, but I know all kinds of people who have been annoyed by having to participate in meetings in which at least one of the attendees was video conferencing. Second, it doesn't bother me (and I suspect a bunch of other people) nearly as much to have my e-mail attached to a professional networking site. Since I use my e-mail professionally anyway, it wouldn't be a big deal.
Shameless plug bump!Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
I got 19 fans I just need a few more. "Your page needs at least 25 fans to have a username."
TIA!
Done. It better not be a spam site.
He will just stalk you now. Although he may outsource that to me. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob®
What, so your customers aren't fans of your business?Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Nope.... :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by redmenace
I'm still trying to figure what to do with the facebook page thing so I' testing it out on the unsuspecting. ;)
That's fine, stalkers make me feel important.
Cool I'll send slowchildmiata your way! Keep an eye out for him!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob®
I'll hear it from the wifey before I ever even notice it myself. She seems to be more up to date on my facebook life than I am.