I wanted to post more colorful things today, I really did. But then I haven’t put the finishing touches on my (newly pink) bathroom so I can’t share quite yet, and I’m leaving for a long weekend so meals have been “Clean out the fridge–just dump leftovers in a bowl and scarf!”
So you get a post about me, social media and extreme levels of coolness instead.
Social Media: Outcast
Facebook. I updated mine once in the past two months, simply to say, “I’m going to Jamaica!” And then realized, this is why I hate Facebook. It’s pretty much used only for the following these days:
- Bragging about how much better your life is than everyone else’s
- Whining about how much worse your life is than anyone else’s
- BABIES
- Posting political rants full of incorrect grammar and misspellings
(Update: My life is infinitely better than yours, because that is now only ONE WEEK away.)
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Twitter. I try, I really do. I tweet when I update my blog, I tweet when I want to complain about the fact that society requires me to wear pants, I sometimes respond to a friend’s tweet if I just so happen to be on-line at the correct moment to catch it. But overall? I just don’t quite “get it.”
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Pinterest. This site continues to baffle me. There are tons of things I am not and will not be doing, cooking, wearing or crafting. I don’t need a list of these things, visual or no.
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Yammer. This is a corporate Face-Twitter that my office wants to start using. Where I’m supposed to post second-by-second accounts of my work day tasks/accomplishments. (Finished Monday’s New York Times crossword puzzle in 8 minutes. Found a really interesting protein pancake recipe. E-mailed my mom.) Hmm, maybe honesty isn’t the best policy…
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Social Media: Incast
I have just made “incast” a word. Deal with it.
Instagram. I love this thing. So much that I had to cut myself off. Oh, Instagram, we had fun times. Maybe again, someday, when I either develop self-control (yeah, right) or want to get back to accomplishing nothing productive in my life. Until then, I’ll just use you to make my iPhone pictures look good.
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Blogging. Well, duh.
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Goodreads. I love books! I love people who read books! I’m nosy about what books are being read and what people think about them!
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Ravelry. What’s cooler than a social media site revolving around books? One that revolves around knitting and crocheting, of course! Now I just need to find one dedicated to German board games (and/or Magic: The Gathering–I’m looking at you, Sara) and my Internet nerd-dom will be official.
That throw? 1/3 of the way through my “fuck that!” goal!
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What are your favorite/least favorite social media options?
I’m so excited for you about Jamaica! Better post a gazillion pics for us
Yea… I don’t get twitter… I just don’t get it. I do like facebook though because I can keep updated about my friends and about events at my uni. Pinterest is pretty cool too. But yeah twitter and I aren’t too close of friends -.-
Oh my gosh, you KNOW there’s going to be a huge photo-dump of a post as soon as I get back
I definitely used facebook more when I was still in school, so maybe that’s just the right venue for it, and then it’s on to other things afterwards? I dunno. I still need someone to explain Twitter to me…
Yeah…I don’t really get Twitter, either. I already feel overly plugged in, so I end up skimming the Tweets for anything interesting.
I actually love Facebook for sharing photos (which could probably be filed under “My life is so much better…”) and for learning about *big* life changes (marriages, jobs, etc). I am SO over seeing babies and sonogram photos though!!
I finally discovered “lists” on Twitter…and put a whopping total of ten people on the list I actually look at/want to read. It definitely helps cut through all the junk/advertising/reposting that tends to bury the stuff I DO care about.
I just created a list! Thank you for the tip!
I’m in love Pinterest. It’s my favorite way to organize all the great recipes/ideas/quotes/workouts that I see online and don’t want to forget.
I don’t totally get Twitter either. I use it like you do, but that’s it. And I use facebook primarily to keep up with friends and family that use it all the time. But otherwise, all of it’s so distracting to me!
I do like that Facebook helps me keep up with some otherwise distant family (although most of them have hit that BABIES stage, so I have their feeds hidden, haha). Otherwise, blogging gives me plenty of Internet without the rest!
Basically, I don’t get ANY of the social media stuff except for blogging
I still have NO idea what pinterest even is..and twitter – I really, really, don’t “get” either!
That’s me and Pinterest! I think I sort of have a vague concept now? But I still have no idea what I’m even supposed to do with it!
German board games. Whuuuttt??? Tell me more.
And yeah man. Let’s bring Magic back!
WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO TN? I need to open your eyes to the wonders of German board games! (Okay, that felt a little “Aladdin” there…) I can’t believe you don’t know the wonders that are Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, and so many more–You will love them!
Whoa. I didn’t respond to this enough. I have lots of other thoughts. I was SO addicted to social media because it was part of my job. I tweet for my company, run the Tumblr, etc. So I was constantly reading updates about the latest trends and checking out new platforms, whatever. Then over Christmas break I stopped and enjoyed real life, and now it’s really hard to get back into. I want to still blog, but not as much. I am almost never on FB anymore (the one time love of my life!), and I can’t remember my last Instagram. It’s sad … but happy.
It’s hard once you realize real life exists, and that it’s kinda fun. But oh, I pop into IG from time to time, just for the nostalgia…
Haha I guess I am somewhat of a social media junkie- love Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & blogging (duh)! However I am yet to get on the Pinterest bandwagon- I am old school and just bookmark/save pins as I go. I am yet to wrap my head around the board part of it!
I definitely do my share of bookmarking–But then I never get around to actually making/doing the things I bookmark, so I don’t know if organizing them would really help any!
I barely use facebook, I haven’t updated it in ages. I more so write on others walls or respond back to people who post on mine. I don’t do anything else. i have an instagram but never use it, i just don’t take pictures at all. twitter – i overuse that. yep overuse it
Teach me the ways of Twitter! Haha! I think if more of my non-blog friends were on it I would use it more, but I don’t know, the things I actually want to read/people’s tweets I’m interested in just seem to get buried by junk!
Ya I do feel you, lately there is a bunch of junk and most of it is bloggers but strangely it is how I keep up best with my college friends
That’s right; you are getting ready to get all Rastafarian on us. You’ll have to get your purple locks braided. You are going to have a blast.
As far as the social media-ing goes, I do the blog, which is a huge chunk of time, read other people’s blogs (again huge chunk of time) and occasionally go on Pinterest, which I use more as a recipe and blog storage bin than anything. I haven’t touched Twitter, Face Book, or Instagram because I’m afraid I’ll never have a life outside the blog, and it’s all about balance right.
Although they say in order to be a successful blogger, you need to be on all these media outlets, so I guess I’ll have to settle for mediocrity or figure out another way to be successful.
Aaand now I’m really, really hoping I can at least find somewhere that does hair wraps. Do hair wraps even exist anymore? Am I hopelessly stuck in the 90s? Probably. And seriously, after blogging, who has time for the rest?? Sure, “pro” blogging involves all that jazz, but I like my little hole in the wall.
Having a hole in the walls is important because there is time to read books in our holes and maybe even get hair wraps, which I’d bet you’ll be able to find in Jamaica. You can pretty much find anything in Jamaica…not that I would know.
I will however recommend the pineapple from the folks selling them on the beach….oh my god, you’re going to be on a beach, in the sun…remember the sun. I digress. Back to the pineapple. Their knife skills are amazing. Seriously, they’d kick Top Chef’s ass. They could probably cut a pineapple while braiding your hair at the same time.
A long weekend AND Jamaica? Jealous as hell. I think I might be working this Monday to take MLK as a floating holiday some other time. We’ll see how well that works out in the end.
Oh social media. I love and hate you all at the same time. Yammer sounds horrible. Absolutely horribel.
Soo, I had absolutely no idea MLK day was Monday, haha. And I still have to work all this week, I just get to do it remotely tomorrow! Nice break/change of scenery. And don’t even MENTION Yammer anywhere near a boss, or suddenly, boom, you’ll be on it. And have no choice.
Hey girl! I just had to mention you in my most recent post today!
I love the ones you love, but I also love twitter. I don’t get pinterest either. I have an acct but I almost never use it.
I got a Pinterest account too, thinking it would make sense to me suddenly if I signed up. Nope. “Pinned” a few things, had no idea what I was really doing, and gave up, hah.
Just saw your blog linked on Toronto Runner!
I love it when I hear I am not the only one who doesn’t get certain social media sites! We have something like Yammer for work, and uh… no! And yes, on Facebook. I love reading all the studies that say how people just go on there to report good things (guilty!) and it seems their lives are so good. Well, I don’t want to be one of the person who posts all negative stuff all the time!
I figured you would like GoodReads! You’re such a book worm! I love that about you
Also, you have the right to brag.. You’re going to Jamaica!
I have been wondering where you’ve been on IG…which sounds stalkerish, but at least you haven’t just been ignoring me.
I sometimes remember to facebook things–but I am tired of engagements and babies reminding me I’m stunted at 28 years old–have never understood Pinterest, and occasionally tweet (if someone tweets at me first) but most of those are automatically sent through IG.
I need to get on Good Reads though…except that the book I jus finished was written for Young Adults, so I might not be the best contributor.
I wzs on facebook 1 week & on twitter too. Now, I deleted my facebook & twitter accoubt. I anm nor on pinterest & I know I loose blogging subscribers but I love it that way!
Facebook is indeed becoming Very annoying. I have to “hide” quite a few people, mostly because of the political stuff sometimes because off the whining in general. I’m bad at Twitter too. I generally only use it when we’re on the road to update what’s happening. Instagram I haven’t tried. It looks cool, but I think you need a smartphone for that, right. I only have a relatively dumb phone. I need to let sister Ele know about Ravelry. Sounds like something she’d love!
Definitely introduce her! Ravelry is the most amazing thing for knitters/crocheters and is the best source for patterns and ideas (it’s where I found that moose vest pattern for my mom to make…although now I can’t find it again!)
I like the word incast! I have a hard time keeping up with social media. I don’t really use facebook much for myself anymore either and have started defriending everyone that annoys me on my newsfeed. I’m a facebook scrooge. And there is too much going on on Twitter for me to keep up with. Just too much… Same with Instagram. I’m just so tired! I can’t see everything!
Haha I love this. I’m totally hooked on Instagram. I’m such an images person and Facebook definitely bores me. The misspelled political rants are the worst! I love how you categorized Facebook- it’s so true. I’m a social media nerd (I work for an SEO and PPC search marketing agency) and so I’m always tinkering around these sites. You should try Quora. It’s one of my favorite social media sites.
I don’t know how you think of such awesome post ideas, but you never fail at amazing me each day!
I guess that’s why I keep coming back to your page too!!
Haha sometimes I WISH I wasn’t so addicted to every social media channel! I’m totally twitter obsessed
You listed some I have never heard of! That is odd your office wants you on a social media platform although the instant messaging and connection is great! I am obsessed with Instagram as well although I do not plan to stop! I try to limit my viewing party to two times a day because I noticed it was becoming a problem lol* Love + Shine C