Comments | wb_unplugged: Social Media

ljen in wb_unplugged

Social Media

Nov 30, 2011 10:52

Which social media technology would you love to give up, but you just can't?

For me, I'd say Facebook. In a heartbeat.

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laura_seabrook November 30 2011, 23:00:46 UTC

Love to say something different, but FACEBOOK. Too many friends of mine are on it and arrange events via it.

Social media stuff I have given up on: MYSPACE; OKCUPID; and LINKED IN.

musicallover826 December 1 2011, 02:24:33 UTC

What did you not like about Linked In? I find it to be a very helpful resource for business networking. I use Facebook mostly to plan events with my friends. I gave on myspace awnile ago because 50 year old guys kept friending me and I found that to be creepy.

laura_seabrook December 1 2011, 02:37:27 UTC

Well I'm 54 years old myself, so that might be less creepy myself. Truth is I never did anything with Facebook and it was horribly out of date. And OKCupid only reminded me of things I was missing.

With Linked I think I joined by mistake. I'm currently in the middle of my Masters in Fine Arts, but as far as business stuff goes, there's no point in gaining contacts I've never heard of for projects I won't be doing while I'm doing the Masters. In fact this comment has decided me to delete the mostly unused account I have.

musicallover826 December 1 2011, 05:46:40 UTC

oh I see.

nutmeg_44 December 1 2011, 00:04:24 UTC

I have to join the masses and say Facebook, too. To deal with my problem, I've just stopped signing in very often. I think I've got it down to about once a week and it feels good.

At one point, my job was to manage Facebook pages for the clients of a Marketing Firm.

I'm glad the weaning has been effective.

4o5pastmidnight December 1 2011, 00:43:18 UTC

I deactivated my Facebook in May of 2010 and it's AWESOME not using it, although my friends bugging me to get an account is a bit irritating at times.

I'm pretty pleased with my social networking sites.

laura_seabrook December 1 2011, 02:38:01 UTC

I went off FB for over a month and I had more peace of mind.

leeneh December 1 2011, 21:36:42 UTC

I could give up all of them at any moment. I lived a year without a connection after moving fifty years back in time (figuratively), and didn't miss it for a second. I have a 24/7 connection now, but I use it actively only a few minutes a day to check my mail, and what's going on here (on my LJ friends list, that is). I try to follow some blogs and peek into a couple of forums that I like hanging out in, but I have discovered that I can forget them for days, even weeks, at a time.

social media call_me_lovey December 3 2011, 15:58:40 UTC

Hiya,

All my social networking is interest based. I prefer chatting to people I have a common ground with, whether that's on the internet or off. I use 1-2 websites at a time, & if my interest in whatever the website is for goes, I just don't go on it anymore.

As for making me unhappy, far from it. When I’ve been on the websites I use I’ve actually cheered up. I wouldn't give it up if you paid me.

I gave up Facebook loftyhope December 17 2011, 23:34:37 UTC

I deleted my Facebook account about 6 months ago. I have lost contacts with a few friends. However, I am have had more time to live my life the way I want. Facebook sucked me in for hours and I didn't get good return of the investment of that time. I also had problems with several of the policies of the company. I get a lot of flack from people because I did this. However, you must do what is right for you. And I think I am. It has forced me to seek out real life relationship and dialogue. It has been good for me.