Social media

[just a scout]

Boy, FB was addictive. Loved it, used to keep in touch and find guys from my units. Now? Same shit, everyday. Almost at the point of saying FIDO. Never got into Twitter or any of the other stuff.


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[AKDoug]

FB is an incredibly useful tool if used correctly. It is the most effective advertising I have for my business as well as the Friends of NRA committee I chair. It is also useful to me for coordinating hunting and snowmobiling trips with far flung friends in the vast state I live in. On a lesser note I am able to stay connected with family and friends throughout the country that I probably wouldn't do so if I had to write letters or call on the phone.

The bad side is the almost intolerable illiterate ramblings of uneducated people that end up on my feed. I do a pretty good job of unfollowing folks to set up my feed as stress free as possible, but some bullshit still seeps through.

I don't Twitter, Instagram or anything else.

[Jewell]

I got off Facebook years ago and haven't looked back. I believe that I'm a much happier person for it. There came a point in time where I grew pretty tired of hearing people's political opinions, what hot new diet they are on, looking at pictures of what they had for f***ing lunch, and all the other useless horses*** that folks are dying to talk about.

With that said, Facebook can be useful for certain things, but in my case the negatives usually outweighed the positives. Mine was usually just overran with other people's bulls***, and I swear, I'd never gotten into so many arguments with friends and family in my life.

To me, being on Facebook was a little like having too much to drink . When you're sober, there is certain s*** that you may think, but you don't usually say. For some of us, the filter is still there. When you've had too much to drink, you say f*** it, dropkick the filter across the room, and say crap that probably doesn't need to be said. It's like everyone is drunk on Facebook...if that makes sense?

Anyhow, the people in my life that I care to talk to, be around, or associate with, I do in person, or I give them a phone call.

[elephant]

Myspace was really cool, it was new in every aspect and was fun reaching out to old friends, old girlfriends but ultimately got old with because everyone wanted to know who was going to there page. It became an obsession for people. The "Top 8" made people feel insecure if they were on it. Facebook was better when it first came out, but when businesses started using it, it became like a nice country club where everyone was handing you a business card and you just wanted to socialize. I think social media had great intentions but it became a platform for people to express themselves and that is what led to its downfall. All these social media sites have restrictions but not on the things that should be restricted, snapchat allows porn, pintrest now allows nudity, facebook is too commercialized, Instagram allows all women to feel as though they are "models". Seriously, I follow probably 100 girls who are gun enthusiast and 2a supporters and its all ass, boobs and a few guns. Everyone wants to be famous these days and will do dang near anything to get famous. And that is what social media has become, a place where everyone wants to be famous and be heard.

[BoringGuy45]

I use it, and somewhat enjoy it, because I don't take it seriously. It's good for keeping up to date with the goings on back where I grew up. The only things I post, usually, are things I find funny, or major events in my life. FB is the best medium in this day and age to make an announcement or pass along important info.

[Alex V]

At this point FB is mostly for shit posting and effing with Leftists. My one cousins is one step away from full blown retard Commie and it's fun to start shit on her posts with her friends.

Other than that I use it to stay in touch with family and friends, share pictures and stuff like that.

[MegademiC]

I don’t really go into face book much, 2x per month.

I use Instagram- gets the point across quicker. It’s fun to scroll through while using the restroom.

[WillBrink]

On FB every day. It's been a useful marketing tool for me, and also used as intended: keeping in touch with friends, family, biz contacts, etc. On one Twitter and InstaCrap, both of which are useless and I post to them for marketing purposes only. For me, part of the job, so I have something of an excuse. I don't look at my FB feed much as I don't care to see the never ending political shit, etc. I do have the best looking FB friends on the planet BTW.

[Bulletdog]

Social media? No thank you.

You people right here are the extent of my social media.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

I guess if you are your business FB makes sense. I really try to keep FB and LinkedIn dedicated to social and work respectively. Don't even like adding work people to FB unless they are friends, and none of my family gives a crap about all the work stuff I do. I guess I'm old school, but when buddies start posting pictures they've scanned from college and they are funny, but something I really wouldn't want a Fortune500 HR dept to see, that is an issue. That said, if any HR dept made me let them see my FB, that would be an instant red flag to bail on the opportunity.

FB is for staying in touch.
LinkedIn is for work
Reddit is for b!tch slapping idiots in r/politics. Grade A, unadulterated stupid there to munch on. Really let's you know how left, dumb and insulated people can become.