This weeks question: What social media sites/tools do you frequently use? Which ones do you avoid and why?
Let’s Talk is a fun new meme to discuss an little bit of this & a little bit of that (not always bookish) hosted by Smash Attack Reads and A Book Obsession.
Twitter, Twitter and Twitter. I love Twitter! It feels spontaneous and fun. For the most part personal stuff and rants are kept to a minimum. I can talk to several people at once about different things. Twitter makes me happy.
I’m also finding myself using Twitter more than Google reader to follow blogs. I get a wider sampling of posts that way without necessarily following each blog.
The downside – that is really an upside if you’re an author – is that I succumb to impulse buying with book deals that people tweet way more than I do when visiting a post. *shakes fist* at the .99 book deal.
Sure there are a few negative twitter frenzies but I just scroll right on past them. I admit, I used to get involved but nothing good can come of that so I move on now.
I avoid Facebook. I just don’t get it. And I think people are way more personal and hostile on there than Twitter. In my experience anyway. It also feels like a giant chain letter sometimes rather than a conversation. But hey! I know a lot of people who hate Twitter – so to each his own!
I have Google+ but I don’t see very many people using it other than to post links. I visit on occasion but not very regularly.
I completely agree! Twitter is so fun, and I love chatting w/tons of people. Facebook is okay, but I only talk to my closest friends there.
ReplyDeleteTwitter feels more immediate to me. I just can't get into Facebook and I'm not sure why. You can actually put more on their and have conversations but I don't like it.
DeleteI love twitter too. I get so many book recommendations and made some awesome friends there to. Facebook is okay for family news..and yes totally agree about google +
ReplyDeleteIt's very bad for my bank account but I get more book rec's from twitter than by reading reviews. I tend to be more cautious with reviews but get sucked in with the twitter frenzies lol
DeleteI love Facebook and Twitter the same, but for very different reasons.
ReplyDeleteI've tried to get into FB but maybe I have the wrong friends on there. Twitter seems to have more people who think like me lol
DeleteSeriously twitter is awesome. And I am the same way at using it to find posts that I'm interested in! My feedreader is always so clogged that I usually avoid it unless I want to search for something specific. Terrible I know, but I just can't deal with it all. I use Tweetdeck with several Lists to manage me feed, and it makes it so much easier to break everything down without it becoming overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteI think I find about 80% of the posts I read via Twitter now. I'm already there and a link will pop up so I click on it. I'm less inclined to go to my feedreader.
DeleteI also find more varied posts that way. It may not be a blog I follow regularly but for reading one review I'll go visit.
Hm... it goes in spurts. I like some social media at times, but nothing seems to capture me at this time. I do like finding things on the social networks, but don't find myself socializing at the moment.
ReplyDeleteThat's probably a good thing. Sometimes the social media sites just suck your whole day away!
DeleteI've never thought about using Twitter to follow people for blog posts. I used to use Twitter so much more than I do now. Now, I only go on when I'm at an event or if I have time. Curse my responsibilities!!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to go on Twitter much recently either. Why is real life aways intruding??!!
DeleteTwitter is by far my favorite social media site. I definitely use Google reader to mainly follow blogs, but I use twitter as well. For me, there are some bloggers who have really awesome blogs and are great writers, but I don't normally like the type of books they read, etc, and tend to scroll past those reviews. I like following those particular bloggers on twitter because I can still click through when they write their awesome discussion posts, but my reader isn't overwhelmed with well-written, but not interesting to me, reviews. Plus, I've had a few great conversations on twitter.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly how I have been using Twitter. It's very spontaneous. I see a link for a review and I'll give it a shot - it probably isn't a blog I will follow long term but I do find a lot of great reviews this way.
DeleteI do not like google+ at all. I just do not get it. Facebook, well yes I am there,m but mostly to see what old friends do. It was more fun before. But twitter sure is cool
ReplyDeleteWell, you know I am a Twitter addict. I love finding you on there! I agree -- Facebook is not that interesting to me. I "like" blog pages and publisher and author FB pages, but I'm not on there much. I have a lot of fun with Pinterest. I'm on Google + and I think that may get more interesting but right now I'm not sure how to use it.
ReplyDeleteDoes Goodreads count? I love Goodreads.
I had totally forgot about Goodreads until I saw other people mentioning it in their posts. I don't really use it to chat but it totally counts!
DeleteI suck at all social networking sites. I just can't get into them for some reason, no matter how hard I try. With twitter, I always feel like I either have nothing important to say or I'm intruding on other people's conversations if I speak up. It's kind of silly. I really do feel like I'm missing out on something great though - I want to be a part of the fun, too! I should really just get over myself and my fear.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's just not for you. You're probably better off - more time for reading!
DeleteIt took me a while to feel comfortable on twitter. Now I can't stop lol
I'm terrible about social media. I use facebook to keep in touch with friends and family, but I don't use it to advertise my blog. I...like Twitter, but I don't really use it to my advantage. There are soooooo many new tweets that I can't even keep up! I definitely wouldn't be able to use it as a replacement for Google Read like you do. I wish I could figure out how to use Twitter more effectively though. So many people rave about it as a way to solidify relationships with other bloggers, but I'm a #twitterfailure ;p
ReplyDelete- Jackie