I joined and left Facebook a while ago and use Twitter on matchdays to get early news of the team - that's it.
I am not a chatty gregarious type of person and not interested in celebrity, but do understand why social media is important to others, especially those who have family and friends scattered all over the place.
So is there more to the social media than just chat and what someone had for breakfast, am I missing out and if so on what, and what the is **** googleplus?
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FB for friends Linked In for business!
And from a personal usage point of view it is informative and sometimes....fun!
Twitter I have less people on as well so can get away with being a lot more profane, or personal when winding someone up.
It has changed people's lives and the way they communicate imeasurably, and there is no doubt it will never go away now.
However, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. People's usage tapers down over time after periods bordering on the addiction, enjoyment levels in anything can only be sustained for a certain period of time before they dip. The same way that most TV shows are only 'brilliant' for a few series before your enjoyment starts to wane a little.
The other main long-term problem with social media is the fact that it gives friends a platform and communication you never had before. Sometimes that is not a good thing and in far too many cases, you get to see aspects of people that you don't like and would have been better off not being exposed to.
I'm fascinated with where its all going to be in ten years time.
That makes it worth it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/jun/20/theguardian-edward-snowden
I think that the "silver surfer" phenomenon shows that older people do use the internet and some social media. For no other reason that so much communication is pushed through twitter etc and that retired people have more time to surf the net.
And anyone under about 60 will be part of the first generation to use computers at school or work.
As for LL's original questions, social media can be fun and a good way to stay in touch with some people. It can keep you uptodate (I follow BBC breaking news for example) with news and special interests (Charlton, music, politics, etc). You can use it for work too and in some jobs it is important but it's not essential and if you don't use it you're not "missing out" imho, just limiting the ways that you can interact with others.
What it shouldn't be is a replacement for talking to people but then you can say the same for email, imo a far more over used and abused method of communication
There was a family in my mates bar a few nights this week whose 16ish year old daughter did not look away from her phone the entire time they were here. The answer to that of course is to take it off her in social situations for her own good...
Id hate to be growing up in this social media age, being 18 and out in clubs and some of my party tricks being broadcast to the whole of FB... doesnt even bear thinking about.
I find it very sad that kids wont pose for pictures as they dont want you putting them on FB and embarrassing them with them.
It's also really rude and pisses me off when someone interupts their face-to-face conversation with you because they have some incoming notification on their device.
I like tech and tend to be an early adopter but I'm not signed up to social media. I guess that's probably because I have no particular interest in the minutiae of people's lives.
I use it quite a lot, originally finding and entering my dogs into shows etc. I'm still in touch with Baileys breeder via fb, all his medical problems were researched using other peoples knowledge. We successfully pursued someone to the court steps on the strength of information given to me on fb concerning misdiagnosis/unnecessary suffering of one of my dogs, only for them to back down and settle out of court with a 5 figure offer. I've learn't a lot and are still learning a great deal from some very nice people on there, like a lot of public forums there are some right head cases and few of them have found me. Very rarely athough like on here do I let my guard slip and talk personally, people I have found think they are your friends and it attracts some oddballs.
Use to keep in touch with your family, although the first person I blocked was my sister! For being rude to a friend, I fecking hate bullies: )
Athough my daughter is on there we rarely speak via FB, as said "we have phones" I enjoy a laugh on there especially when I had a few beers a bit of banter, I don't enjoy having someones opinions force fed to me, if I agree with them or not. So pictures of animal cruelty, wars etc have to go. I don't shut my eyes to it, I know it goes on but FB for me is escapism from all that.
alright "Hun"
Yes I use technology at work, I couldn't actually do my job without it nowadays, yes I look at CL and post now and again but I do not see that as social networking, more I use this site as a source of information about CAFC and to be honest if the OS was fit for purpose I would be on here a lot less than I am.
As far as the rest of it goes I have a T.V for use as a source of entertainment when I have nothing else more interesting to do, very rare, as previously discussed on here I do not down load music or indeed listen to it and have no device on which to do either. My phone is just that, a phone, on which I talk to people and text and I only text because of my children's mutation as mentioned above.
Give me a pub with real people, CAFC, a phone and my old fashioned camera and I am sorted. I do not need to part with my hard earned to enrich some uber geek in California who hasn't actually moved outside his bedroom since age 14.
Twitter on the other hand I love. I follow a lot of Charlton fans who on game day provide me with a lot of different opinions which I love to read. I'm located in Bristol for university so only manage 10-15 games a season & the coverage from media is pretty poor so this is perfect. It's also great to see breaking news football or general news. It's more up to date and like someone else said you don't have to refresh a news site to find out what is happening. I'm not someone who "buzzes" off celebrity stuff but I do enjoy seeing banter between the players & can kind of get to know the players which is nice.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2013/06/21/alberta-flooding-calgary-canmore-high-water.html
My favourite thing about facebook is photos. I enjoy going through my old holiday photos etc.
I also enjoy going through my female friends' holiday photos.
Another thing I forgot to mention I disliked about Facebook is the indirect statuses. They know the person it's about is seeing it, why do I have to as well.
Hoping @CalgaryAddick & Gavin Peacock are both OK.
To the point on Social Media - the twitter feed & facebook pages from the local Emergency Services & the Municipalities have been priceless in terms of giving out advice & squashing rumours......