Thread: Social Media

I have a Facebook account - it gives me a way to keep in touch with kids and relatives who are physically distant. I closed my Twitter account a long time ago as it stopped being relevant to me once I changed careers and semi-retired.

I do not accept Facebook friends very often and rapidly unfriend folks who send me stuff that is irrelevant or intrusive. Same thing for groups.

It’s useful to me, but I have experience with folks and organizations who abuse the medium. I ditch them as quickly as I am able.

So far I have been lucky enough not to have found a need for Facebook and twitter. If I need to communicate with anyone the phone, Skype, letters or email/PM will do just fine. When dealing with people I think whoever said "They all put their pants on the same way" had it right.

Bob

Not a facebooker but i have recently gotten into Instagram. It was to show some guys I work with the wood and shaving projects I do. Although I have to admit its just another facebook.

And my ocupation is an Transportation Fuel Relocation Specialist. Lol

Originally Posted by BobH

So far I have been lucky enough not to have found a need for Facebook and twitter. If I need to communicate with anyone the phone, Skype, letters or email/PM will do just fine. When dealing with people I think whoever said "They all put their pants on the same way" had it right.

Bob

Not quite mate.
Early 90s Duo Kriss Kross spawned a fashion style of young hip hoppers to wear their pants on backwards.

Originally Posted by STF

Do we have any musicians here?

I dabble with the Hurdy Gurdy.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Not quite mate.
Early 90s Duo Kriss Kross spawned a fashion style of young hip hoppers to wear their pants on backwards.

It's an old saying and should be modernised as in almost everyone.

Bob

"social media" is a complicated topic. It is like most things that if you know what you are doing it can be a good tool. I occasionally check my family on facebook or news on my twitter, but my girlfriend...wow, she's got game. She uses twitter for news (local to global), instagram for marketing and selling, and pintrest and tumblr for...well, I don't know, but for something. But, she has the time and patience to get just what she needs out of each one. Except facebook, she quit that one.

So, to try to paint "social media" as good or bad, or even one thing or another, is at best a major oversimplification.

All that said, the original post that started this is hilarious and fits my crotchety usage pretty much to a tee.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I dabble with the Hurdy Gurdy.

I'm suitably imressed BigSpendur.

I had to visit Google to find out what a Hurdy Gurdy is. I thought you might have been winding me up

Originally Posted by STF

I'm suitably imressed BigSpendur.

I had to visit Google to find out what a Hurdy Gurdy is. I thought you might have been winding me up

https://youtu.be/jRsrDLkACTs

An ancient stringed crank fed instrument with keys and about 2 and a half octaves of range usually keyed in E or F.