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Re: Ask HN: Do you use social media?

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Post by sotojuan »

> Do you have a Facebook account?

> How about a "professional" social media network?

Have never needed either past college. None of my current friends use it or spend time on it, don't really talk to people I went to high school or college with, and I use iMessage for family. I see no benefit.

For professional social networks, I just never made an account and have no desire to do it. Maybe one day, but maybe not.

For me it's not about wasting time (I waste time on HN, Lobsters, and GameFAQs), just lack of interest and utility.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use social media?

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Post by type0 »

jachee wrote: post #9

Doesn't HN itself qualify as a social medium?

Technically it should but it's still a pretty niche site, what general populace regard as social media is things like twitter, facebook, youtube and sometimes google+ and reddit, I'm sure there is a couple more. But as a general rule of thumb if it's not owned by a major corporation and doesn't have millions of users no tv channel or newpaper is going to call it social media. So practically speaking it's mainstream websites where people interact, oligopoly so to speak.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use social media?

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Post by drakonka »

I have a FB account and use it mostly to post pictures of my cat to my friends and talk to the breeders of my cat as needed. I also have a much more active Twitter account and use it to post pictures of my cat to anyone who will listen. Then I've got two not too active Instagram accounts that I only post to sporadically - one for my fitness/workout posts and the other to post pictures of my cat.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use social media?

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Post by Robin_H »

drakonka wrote: post #14

I have a FB account and use it mostly to post pictures of my cat to my friends and talk to the breeders of my cat as needed. I also have a much more active Twitter account and use it to post pictures of my cat to anyone who will listen. Then I've got two not too active Instagram accounts that I only post to sporadically - one for my fitness/workout posts and the other to post pictures of my cat.

You should post a picture of your cat.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use social media?

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Post by 5706906c06c »

Facebook - I mainly use it to post pictures of my kids and random thoughts that get a couple of likes to satisfy my appetite for someone else's approval. Come to think of it, posting pictures of my kids seems like a bad idea. I visit is occasionally, but don't really engage in other's political post rhetoric, opinions, etc.

Twitter - I use it professionally and religiously to acquire new follower, follow people in my industry and to keep track of the latest trends, etc. I also randomly reach out to people in the same line of work to solicit feedback.

LinkedIn - more of the same, but I don't put that much effort behind it. I just made sure there is a consistent tone of message between LinkedIn and my Twitter handle regarding my professional persona, etc.

Also, why do you ask?

Re: Ask HN: Do you use social media?

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Post by satori99 »

I have never had a FB account. The very idea of having my personal data, keyed by my real name, and managed by an opaque advertising company has always seemed like a shitty proposition to me.

However I do use reddit daily.

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