I’ve finally converted. I’ve seen the light. I’ve jumped into those “whats the point?” and “timewasting” websites that have heralded in a multitude of buzzwords, Internet jokes and memes…
How the winds of fashion seemed to affect my friends
Yep. I’ve given in and followed my friends into Facebook and Twitter. A bit late in the game as people seem to be already not bothering with facebook and moving solely towards twitter. But as someone I know says, “people vote with their feet” (and yes, that’s meant to be footprints in the diagram).
None of the new platforms are perfect though and I have gripes with each, but they are all useful in their own ways. I’ve actually had a Facebook account for a while, connected with several old friends, sent “pokes” and started to get really annoyed by them and then quietly stopped using it.
How I currently use Social Networking sites
But then my wife joined Facebook. For her it’s a way to keep connected with her friends in France and the US, so I went back to Facebook and started to enjoy it, seeing some friends still actively using it. It’s great to be able to connect to them and being modern-day parents, it’s often hard to keep track of or in contact with friends.When you do make the effort it can sometimes feel forced. With Facebook there is a flow there that’s natural.
But even now, some of the more tech-forward people I know have moved to twitter, ditching facebook in the process. I’ve been playing with twitter for a week now and I can see it’s fun, though Facebook’s status updates and News Feed have a very similar feel to Twitters feed.
So I’m playing an experiment, Facebook to connect to friends and Twitter to connect to everyone (follow @thedeadone). If you want to know how it’s going, then you know what to do.
And no, I’m not deserting blogging. 