Comments on: A Guide to Social Media: John Ferron

By: Max

Max — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:08:10 +0000

• I like Twitter because it isn’t too time consuming for me. I limit myself to a few updates and replies at the most daily. As a rookie editor with a column obligation, I initially joined to get in the habit of putting my thoughts into words. twitter.com/maxpf

• I resisted Facebook at first, because I knew I would be checking it constantly. I was right. I have a hard time not logging on. It is fun, but addicting.

• I have a Flickr account, but rarely post new photos. I like it for sharing images with people who are non-Facebook friends.

By: clif

clif — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:46:03 +0000

I think the social networking sites are good because it allows me to keep in contact with people that I would have never kinda keep up with. Like friend from 8+ years ago.

By: Shaggysteve

Shaggysteve — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:58:16 +0000

I have brightkite (http://brightkite.com/people/shaggysteve), but I don’t use it that often. I look at it as more of a location-sharing site, and I’m not on the move as much as I’d like to be. However, I may start using it to post pictures (I currently use ‘Posterous’ for that), and set statuses. FriendFeed I also find rather useful, due to its ability to gsther your posts from other sites and put it all in one place. Hopefully with Facebook’s acquisition of FriendFeed (which was more for acquiring the developers, who are former Google superstars) it will help Facebook become a better content-sharing site.

By: Jeff in Texas

Jeff in Texas — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:49:19 +0000

Facebook and Twitter are the two I’m on the most, although I’m updating Twitter more than Facebook, at least during the day. This is because my boss’s boss is my friend on Facebook and although I don’t think it would be a problem, I don’t feel like taking a chance of him seeing me making updates, writing on walls, etc on Facebook. Like John, I’ve reconnected with a large number of classmates via Facebook. For me it’s also a great way to keep up with several of the college students from my church. I’ve never heard of BrightKite but I may have to check it out now.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:11:46 +0000

I’m on Facebook and Twitter. Haven’t used MySpace in such a long time but I remember when it was the “It” thing. I’ve never heard of BrightKite. Anyone else use it?