… you have been warned…
How do you use Facebook and Twitter?
A few days ago, I removed quite a lot of “friends” from my Facebook account because I realized that we were not really friends in real life. Yes, I may know you from a friend of a friend, but if I have never talked to you in person, I don’t think we are “friends”. Seriously, what kind of friends are we if we don’t talk? LOL.
I like Facebook. I really do. I think Facebook provides a great way to keeping in touch with friends whom I have not met in a long time. I think it also provides an easy way for me to just say “Hi, how have you been?” or “Happy Birthday” without worrying that my message is too short. Plus, it also provides a decent way to keep myself updated on the whereabouts of my friends — from kindergarten to university ones, blogger friends and friends I have made over the years :)
So yeah, if I have removed you from my Facebook, please don’t take it too personally. It doesn’t mean that I don’t like you. It just means that we need to get to know each other before we can call ourselves “friends” :)
Now, the other thing is with Twitter. I have also just un-followed about 60% of the people in my list because I found it “too much” to go through the whole list of tweets everyday. Like I was telling a friend the other day, I’d hate to miss the tweets that I don’t want to miss, but I can’t bear to go through all the tweets every morning, especially when 95% of the tweets aren’t relevant to me. Plus, it doesn’t help when I live on the other side of the globe from a lot of my Twitter friends.
I don’t have a product to market. I don’t regard myself as a “news-provider” either because I don’t sit in front of the computer the whole day, and I am not living in a place where exciting things happen, LOL. In other words, I don’t have first-hand news to share with my followers. So, I use Twitter to “communicate” with friends instead. When a friend tweets, I will think of a way to respond to the tweet because I feel that it is a great way to keep in touch with a friend, especially when I’m too busy to write an email.
So yeah, how do you use Facebook and Twitter? And if you’re following more than 100 people on Twitter, how do you actually keep tab of what’s happening to who?
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Well, ML, I do consider my long-time blog readers my “friends”. Maybe I should say that there isn’t a hard-and-fast rule as to whom I call friends, but the general rule of thumb is, if I don’t know you, I’d rather not add you as a friend :)
Quite a number of my blogger friends are my Facebook friends because we have gotten to know each other over the years. And admittedly, I have met fewer than 10 bloggers since I started blogging in 2005, would you believe that? LOL.
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Twitter seems to be a big place for scammers, due to this I’ve never really caught onto it.
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hi
For some strange reasons, I am unable to comment on your “Dont Fight Back” post. Just a short remark on that. The motto “What goes around, comes around” really works for me. Being angry and frustrated is just a waste of time. I truly believe that things happen for a reason and God has His own plans. =)
Facebook, Twitter ? Yea .. even the most loyal readers of your blog don’t qualify as a friend, unless you see and meet that person on a regular basis. I haven’t subscribed to Twitter yet. Haven’t found anyone worth my time to be tracked ALL the time. I don’t think my friends wanna know about me ALL the time.
It’s been a while. Life’s been busy. Wish you all the best. Your efforts on conserving and saving the environment is commendable ! Keep up the good work and keep smiling, OK =)
cheers
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