"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.