I’m a loner too; my philosophy has always been “It’s a damn good thing that when we die, we’re buried alone.” When it came to the medias, I found that I was just pressing “Hide” on all of my friends’ status updates because all of their posts became too much to deal with. Don’t get me wrong, I love my friends and family but how is my life going to get any more interesting or enriched knowing that Carrie has Subway for lunch? (The same thing could be said of Twitter.)

And, considering that I’m currently a Journalism Major in college, I’m also seeing how social media is making such a field obsolete. Who needs a newspaper or a nightly telecast when you literally have all of the information in the palm of your hand within minutes of a major event? It’s a scary thing to see happening because I keep having these “holy-s**t-what-am-I-going-to-do-with-my-life-now?” moments. And that too kind of sucks the fun out of social media for me.

Strangely, or perhaps ironically, I enjoy blogs — especally the blogs of writers because books are my solace. I guess I find that the big differerence with blogs is that one seeks out blogs rather than be submerged in them; they’re much less in-your-face. One makes an active choice to sit down and read the musings of others.

But, I dunno, that’s just me…

I didn’t know you started a blog – got pulled to the dark side, did you?

And yes, with Twitter, it’s like, so tempting to stay on all the time so you don’t miss anything. I guess that’s why I like Facebook more, because even if you’re behind, you can always catch up with the conversation. With Twitter, it’s kind of in the moment, which I guess is the point…

My mother has a twitter account. She does nothing with it. I’m like, why did you sign up?

Her answer? Because I wanted to.

*shrugs*

I think with the FB stuff, the privacy aspect is important. And even with that, you still have to be careful for sure.

I’m glad you like the blog – thanks for weighing in. I love seeing how everyone uses / likes their social media…

I use Facebook for keeping tabs on/with my friends and family.

I use Twitter to “chat” with friends, bloggers and authors (insert fangirl squee) about random things as well as books, interests, dieting, etc. It’s a fun easy way to get out information (like when I post something to my blog) and I like having all of the information in one spot. But it’s a busy place and I can’t keep up. So it’s more like a “chat” tool now.

I started a blog just over a month ago. After meeting so many great bloggers via twitter and learning about Google Reader (amen to that!), I decided to give it a try. It’s a place where I can express my thoughts in more than 140 characters. I also enjoy reading other blogs, especially from my favorite authors for the same reason.

I was sad to read about the end of the group blog, but I am happy to continue to read the individual blogs!

I am actually thankful for Facebook. I am not the type of person that would ever just strike up a conversation with another person. I am a listener and a watcher. So facebook has allowed me to communicate and keep in touch with friends in a way that I would never have done before. That being said – I am extremely picky about who I accept friend requests from – so that keeps me feeling very comfortable with the use of it. I have a very public position in local government so that too makes me real choosy about who I become friends with.

And somehow I ended up with a Twitter account from a training I went through at work a few years ago. I don’t really tweet but have come to enjoy Twitter simply for the fact that many of my favorite authors tweet on a semi-regular basis.

However, I got my 60 year old mother hooked up with an iPhone and taught her how to text message me. But somehow she figured out Twitter and now she tweets things and then sends me a text message letting me know she sent me a tweet. I may need to cancel my Twitter account simply based on that madness! Not sure what I was thinking introducing her to the world of “smart phones”.

I love that you blog! As a reader and big time fan of all your books it feels like that little extra while I eagerly wait for your next release.

I think a lot of group blogs are closing these days

I like the FB going out analogy…it’s true – especially if your profile is open to everyone…

And I still can’t wait for your milrom :)

Is worded SO well. Agreed.

And OMG – yes on the safe house / people who need to kind of ‘hide’ for whatever reason – it’s so so easy to find out behind the scenes information on people…scarily easy.

And yes, I’ll be here. I think in a way all the other media forced me back to blogging the way I used to, because it made me realize that blogging is for me more than anything else…

Thanks for your response

To read a blog like yours is much like reading a thoughtful and well crafted note or letter. It can be read when convenient and responded to, or not, in leisure. A screen with abbreviated and misspelled words just doesn’t have the same feel.

An associated concern…just today I was speaking with a board member for a Safe House for abused women and children. This person was telling me how difficult it is to keep the clients hidden and safe when they are so accustomed to keeping in touch with family and friends through Facebook, Texting and Twittering. Posting pictures that show a school or recognizable location in the background has led to several clients being endangered and as you related, blocking isn’t always effective.

Please continue with your blog. I enjoy reading it and am pleased to know that I am not alone in being content to not be ‘connected’ 24 hours a day.