Oh. My. Gosh. It's been over a month! I'm so sorry little blog and to all those who have checked only to find nothing new and interesting! With that, on to the writing!
When you hear the words "social media" what do you think of? Maybe things like twitter or facebook or myspace or bkite or.... There are so many social media outlets! There are so many feelings that go along with sites, too-- people have a lot of varied opinions. Some people are absolutely addicted and participate in as many as they can find whereas others scoff and pick and choose. There was a very funny article that I read in the Sacramento News and Review about how twitter is an example of everything that is wrong with the younger generation and where people are headed. Is it a good thing that we're sharing the miniscule details of our daily lives with friends and, often, complete strangers? Another side to the coin is that we can keep in touch with friends and know what is going on in people's lives in detail with very minimal time and effort (and I mean that to be a positive point). So, what do I think?
Well, I am on facebook, I have this blog (obviously!) and I recently joined twitter. It's hard to keep up with! I used to obsessively check facebook and now instead I'm obsessively checking twitter. What kind of information am I sharing with my "followers"? Mostly pointless (but hopefully clever) thoughts. It takes up a lot of time! Also, facebook and twitter can be very creepy! And I'll be honest, I'm just as creepy as the next person when it comes to this. 'Oh, he was cute, I'll see if he's on facebook!' Or, take it one step further, 'According to Facebook, his relationship status is single! Giggle, giggle!' Then there's all the looking through people's photos and learning where they work or what their favorite book is. While this person has technically given me permission by accepting my friend request, would they feel creeped out if they knew that I was looking at every single one of their pictures at least twice? Then there are the random guys who start following me on twitter. Who are you? We have nothing in common... Weird.
Still, here I am. I'll admit that it's a little bit of an addiction, and that's one of the reasons why I'm still participating. But, I do think there are benefits to these sorts of things. I can keep in touch with friends and family who don't live near me much better. And even if we're not writing to or calling each other, we have the option of checking in and seeing what's been going on. Also, it is a bit of an outlet for creativity-- I'm able to demonstrate just how witty I am to the greater masses! Plus, I can follow some of my new favorite sing-songwriters on twitter. Anyway, I think I'll just stick to the 3 social media sites I'm currently involved in and that's plenty (or perhaps too much) for me.
