Not that many, really
Despite the fact that I have accounts on most of the well known social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, Flickr, YouTube and probably a dozen others I've already forgotten about, I only really use just a couple of them. Most of them I don't use at all. They're mostly a waste of time to me, really. At least from a consumer's point of view.
When I use a social network, I try to use it solely to my benefit. Be it quickly texting a friend or communicating a group project at school. Nevertheless, there are times when I'm not really feeling like doing anything else than watching YouTube videos. Mainly as a substitution to traditional television, though.
Which are the ones I use, then?
- Facebook - Mostly because all of my friends are there. I try to avoid scrolling the news feed as much as possible. I use Messenger often, though.
- Instagram - Semi-actively as of now. I would like to do more photography. Maybe build up a following, we will see.
- LinkedIn - Only passively. I log in from time to time to refuse a job offer.
- YouTube - This is the one I spend the most of my time on. Listening to music or watching videos is the main thing here for me.
Steemit might be the game changer here
Steemit is different in many regards. And we've already talked about this in previous posts of the May 30 Days Challenge proposed by @dragosroua, so I'm not going to repeat myself here. I just want to make it clear that making money here seems to be somewhat easier than anywhere else. It might not be as much as on YouYube, but it still is a lot better than Snapchat, for example, where you just waste your time for nothing.
My previous posts in the challenge
Day #17: Would I Still Be Here If There Was No Money To Earn?
Day #16: Where Do You Want To Be In 5 Years?
Day #15: How Many Posts Per Day Do I Write?
Day #12: What Is The One Crypto That Will Rule The Market In 5 Years?
Day #10: H20, My Favourite Morning Drink
Day #8: May 30 Days Writing Challenge - Day Eight: What’s Your Most Consistent Hobby For The Last 5 Years?
Day #6: You Wouldn't Guess What My Reason To Staying On Steemit Is
Day #5: Do you know the difference between investing and speculation?
Day #4: What Are My Top 5 (More Like 3) Witnesses On Steemit And Why Should You Care?
Day #3: What’s The Best Thing That Happened To You Thanks To Steemit?
Day #2: May 30 Days Writing Challenge - Day Two: If You Had 1000 STEEM, What Would You Do With It?
I guess I do use YouTube more frequently than I do the others, but it's more as a consumer, like you, than a contributor. I don't know why I drew that distinction, but I did.
LinkedIn I find hard calling a social site. I know it has some aspects of it, and obviously, networking with people for all kinds of opportunities is a social act, it's just feels different.
I have a LinkedIn account because I went back to school for a degree in Social Media Marketing. We had to open all kinds of accounts if we didn't already have them. I end up in LinkedIn every once in a while and find someone was trying to get a hold of me through it. It's like, you and I have messaged back and forth on Facebook. What's up with LinkedIn messaging?
Facebook is going to be the hardest to give up for a lot of people. I don't know if my kids will ever get off of it. We have a group text where most of our family info goes, so we're not even using Facebook for any of that.
At this point, I'm content with the fact that I'm probably never going to get off of Facebook. At least not from my own initiative. It's just so much easier to communicate with people through instant messaging app, rather than through e-mail, for example.
That's very true. And as long as they're not monitoring Messenger, it's a worthwhile thing to have. If they are monitoring Messenger, than that's an issue.
Facebook for family and friends is hard to beat really. There's just so much you can do with it relatively quick and easy. Again, it's the data gathering, selling and so forth that just makes it that much more of a problem to actually use to post things with.
Outside of Steemit, which isn't setup anything like Facebook (yet), I'm not sure what other social media platform out there has the same family friendly utility.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think they are, in fact, monitoring messenger in some shape or form. Source here. You might want to do your own research, though.
If you didn't know, there is a setting within Messenger that enables end-to-end encryption, but I think it's disabled by default. Also, this feature is only available on mobile phones.
Figures. Aside from texts and some phone calls, I'm not regularly using my phone for much of anything else. Occasional web surfing, checking stocks and weather, and maybe reading a new story or two. That's it.
The rest, I'm on the laptop, with a couple of monitors that allow me to actually see the details of what I'm doing with a keyboard my fat fingers can use.
I think it's probably time for me to get off of Facebook completely. I'm just going to get the page I'm working on up to 20,000 page likes and then I'll be done with all of it.
You should promote Steemit there if it's a place where it is appropriate and you haven't already.
It's a church related site mostly for members (though not restricted to them by any means), so I don't know how well it would work to just promote Steemit, but if the page were ever to move here, than it would make great sense.
"We've moved! Follow us on Steemit! Get your account
today,tomorrow,next week, in the not-so-distant future. :)I've thought about that possibility already. I'd have to talk to the silent partner about it, though. I don't know if he knows about Steemit or would even want to try it.
Stop wasting my time, please.