What’s your Social Media Venue of Choice? And Why?

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So….

Twitter. Facebook. Blogging.

Which one is your go-to social media platform? Which one lights you up, obsesses you… which one MUST YOU CHECK every moment you can?

For me, the number 1 choice is twitter. Don’t get me wrong, I’m pretty darn addicted to my blogging (and I love it to pieces) but twitter is my go-to place. It’s where I go to hang out, chat with friends, de-stress, share what’s happening, and be entertained!

Facebook is a distant third for me. I really enjoy my Business Pages (I have quite a few, for this blog, *bespoke*, Epheriell and Vintette) but I very rarely check my personal facebook wall – I might check my friend’s updates once a day or so, and I almost never update my own status! And, consideringÂ the change facebook recently made to the default setting on people’s profile, chances are that facebook will become less effective in future.

I think twitter has very much taken over facebook for me – as some clever soul says (this gets retweeted around regularly) ‘facebook is the place to connect to those you went to high-school with, twitter is where you hang out with the people you wished you went to high-school with‘ – or something to that effect.

Twitter is where I have found my Tribe, my People – those who share similar interests, similar attitudes, similar outlooks! I have made some very dear friends on twitter who are now friends in the off-line world, too. And, for someone like me who works from home and lives in the country, well, I don’t have many opportunities to meet new people!

I think what I love most about twitter is the instant nature of it. You can have an almost real-time conversation – something that is quite hard to achieve on the other two platforms.

Twitter has also been absolutely crucial to the success of my business endeavours. *bespoke* simply would not have happened without twitter, and the fabulous network of people I am a part of over there.

So, for me, twitter is definitely numero uno. You?

6 Comments

Chantal on February 14, 2011 at 10:00 pm

I feel so overwhelmed looking at all of those logos up there! I tend to flick between fb and twitter. I find on twitter it is easier to find a greater concentration of like minded people to have a quick chat with and it’s a great avenue to finding new artists. FB is still where a lot of my friends are from pre online days and I want to stay in contact there. The blog is a different group as well. I think they all complement each other in a way but at this moment I have the luxury of time in between jobs. I’m not sure what will be the first to go should I not have as much time online.

Zoe on February 14, 2011 at 10:45 pm

I only signed up for twitter a few months ago because I read a blog about how much it had improved their blog, at the time I didn’t understand why twitter was any good, and I was very resistant to getting it! As you probably know, I slightly hooked now! And the only thing I regret is that I didn’t get it sooner! I don’t know if it’s done anything for my blog, but it’s been a wonderful place to meet lovely people! I’m the same as you with FB, I scan it once a day or so to see if anyone has birthed or gotten married, but I never update my own status!

Alice Hunt on February 15, 2011 at 1:02 am

I have been on facebook and twitter for a while and I am still learning how to use them. I think it takes time for people to find you and then it starts to grow. The more people find you the more people find you. Like a snowball rolling down hill.

Jess on February 15, 2011 at 8:59 am

I’m the same. I have Twitter open all day at work, while I only check Facebook every now and again at home, and I try to read my fav blogs via RSS on the iPad in bed most nights.

I love that Twitter is a real-time conversation with like-minded tweeps all around the world. I loved the quote about Twitter being the place you hang out with people you wished you went to high-school with. 🙂

Jess on February 15, 2011 at 9:00 am

Alice – fabulous analogy, and absolutely! It takes time, but the longer you’re on twitter, the more interesting and engaging it becomes, as you build up a network.

Tracey on February 15, 2011 at 9:32 am

I use Facebook the most for networking and socialising. I run my art business off a facebook page and have built up a dialogue with like minded people through both my personal profile and business page. I do have many highschool friends on my personal page but I have also met many people that have become good friends in the offline world through facebook, more so than twitter. Recently I have gotten back into twitter and been using twitter a bit more, checking it regularly throughout the day. I find that this coincided with me getting back into blogging and re-linking my facebook page statuses to update on twitter. And there is Pinerest that I have been totally addicted to lately and have found many fabulous tweeters and blogs to follow. For me it’s Facebook, twitter, followed closely by blogging.

Chantal on February 14, 2011 at 10:00 pm

I feel so overwhelmed looking at all of those logos up there! I tend to flick between fb and twitter. I find on twitter it is easier to find a greater concentration of like minded people to have a quick chat with and it’s a great avenue to finding new artists. FB is still where a lot of my friends are from pre online days and I want to stay in contact there. The blog is a different group as well. I think they all complement each other in a way but at this moment I have the luxury of time in between jobs. I’m not sure what will be the first to go should I not have as much time online.
Zoe on February 14, 2011 at 10:45 pm

I only signed up for twitter a few months ago because I read a blog about how much it had improved their blog, at the time I didn’t understand why twitter was any good, and I was very resistant to getting it! As you probably know, I slightly hooked now! And the only thing I regret is that I didn’t get it sooner! I don’t know if it’s done anything for my blog, but it’s been a wonderful place to meet lovely people! I’m the same as you with FB, I scan it once a day or so to see if anyone has birthed or gotten married, but I never update my own status!
Alice Hunt on February 15, 2011 at 1:02 am

I have been on facebook and twitter for a while and I am still learning how to use them. I think it takes time for people to find you and then it starts to grow. The more people find you the more people find you. Like a snowball rolling down hill.
Jess on February 15, 2011 at 8:59 am

I’m the same. I have Twitter open all day at work, while I only check Facebook every now and again at home, and I try to read my fav blogs via RSS on the iPad in bed most nights.

I love that Twitter is a real-time conversation with like-minded tweeps all around the world. I loved the quote about Twitter being the place you hang out with people you wished you went to high-school with. 🙂
Jess on February 15, 2011 at 9:00 am

Alice – fabulous analogy, and absolutely! It takes time, but the longer you’re on twitter, the more interesting and engaging it becomes, as you build up a network.
Tracey on February 15, 2011 at 9:32 am

I use Facebook the most for networking and socialising. I run my art business off a facebook page and have built up a dialogue with like minded people through both my personal profile and business page. I do have many highschool friends on my personal page but I have also met many people that have become good friends in the offline world through facebook, more so than twitter. Recently I have gotten back into twitter and been using twitter a bit more, checking it regularly throughout the day. I find that this coincided with me getting back into blogging and re-linking my facebook page statuses to update on twitter. And there is Pinerest that I have been totally addicted to lately and have found many fabulous tweeters and blogs to follow. For me it’s Facebook, twitter, followed closely by blogging.