This Week's Meaningless Topic (#83) (April 9)

[Rodger Pettichord]

Hi all. My wife and I are technological troglodytes who have not entered the modern digital world of social media. Except for this forum and email, I am not "in touch." We don't own a smartphone and actually still frequently use snail-mail. That said, I know that Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and the like play a welcome role in many lives, and I respect that. Which leads to this week's topic.

 

THIS WEEK'S MEANINGLESS TOPIC:  What social media venues do you use, and why do you value them?

[BradB]

Facebook to keep up with the Grandkids and YouTube and Rumble to entertain myself .

[Rodger Pettichord]

I should be clear and say I do use YouTube, Google, and Wikipedia for research, and Netflix and Amazon for entertainment. Not a complete throwback.

[larryisenor]

I don't even have a mobile phone. Had one for years (since 1987) but hardly used it so cancelled. This is as close as I get to social media - seems like a big time waster. I do use Wikipedia and Google Maps a lot.

Larry

[adambar]

YouTube and Rumble and Gateway Pundit. Don't want any part of any other social media.

[TerribleT]

The only social media I reluctantly use is Facebook to stay in touch with my family, who use it in varying degrees, and my large number of musician friends who use it heavily - those who are still performing find it essential for advertising, maintaining a fan base and live streaming.  I have produced live streaming events for a number from my home studio and they have been very effective.

[Ken Q]

Absolute NO to "Social Media" like Facebook, etc. I don't and won't!!!

 

I enjoy YouTube videos, especially aviation and nautical history channels.  I particularly enjoy "Aviation 101" (Josh Flowers) and Steveo1Kinevo.  I obviously enjoy this forum, and use email extensively.  I also use Wikipedia and some other sites.

 

We (wife & i) were late in joining the cell phone world.  I only got one when my mother was dying (2011) and had to be immediately accessible at all times.  Since then I have found it handy, and at times necessary, but I only use it occasionally for voice and brief text messages.  It's a "clamshell" model.  I'm told it is a "smart phone" but if it is I don't use whatever those features are, just voice and text.

 

Ken

[gumbypickett]

1 hour ago, Ken Q said:

Absolute NO to "Social Media" like Facebook, etc. I don't and won't!!!

 

I enjoy YouTube videos, especially aviation and nautical history channels.  I particularly enjoy "Aviation 101" (Josh Flowers) and Steveo1Kinevo.  I obviously enjoy this forum, and use email extensively.  I also use Wikipedia and some other sites.

 

We (wife & i) were late in joining the cell phone world.  I only got one when my mother was dying (2011) and had to be immediately accessible at all times.  Since then I have found it handy, and at times necessary, but I only use it occasionally for voice and brief text messages.  It's a "clamshell" model.  I'm told it is a "smart phone" but if it is I don't use whatever those features are, just voice and text.

 

Ken

That's very much the same for me.

Not interested in Facebook one little bit.

cheers

Gumby

[gregmorin]

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[W2DR]

19 hours ago, Ken Q said:

Absolute NO to "Social Media" like Facebook, etc. I don't and won't!!!

 

 

Like Ken, I don’t and I won’t. Social media is a scourge upon the earth.

[wain71]

here, youtube, whatsapp....never had or will have facebook etc....also I see a lot of customer support is going via Discord but that's another thing I don't want...