Joys and perils of social media
Dec. 30th, 2013 10:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseAs step 1 of Project Set Yourself Up Like A Real Writer (code name: Fake It 'Til You Make It), today I am blowing the dust off my Twitter account. Right now it's almost entirely links to blog posts, but a lot of my writer friends use it, and the structure of it makes it somewhat more public (and thus less prone to clique-y ness) than Facebook. And more resources are always useful.
Apparently I've inspired a friend of mine to do the same, which gave rise to the following exchange:
Him: I feel like a detective, trying to figure out who these people are that I've followed.
Him: Oh, and there's {friend}. Making half a dozen new people that I'm following.
Me: Welcome to social media. :)
Him: Hey, anyplace that Volgograd is a growing trend is someplace I could be.
Him: oh
Me: Hm?
Him: The reason it's trending is a couple of bombs were set off there today.
Me: Welcome to social media. :D Seriously, though, that's awful.
News in the 21st century: the medium is the message?
Apparently I've inspired a friend of mine to do the same, which gave rise to the following exchange:
Him: I feel like a detective, trying to figure out who these people are that I've followed.
Him: Oh, and there's {friend}. Making half a dozen new people that I'm following.
Me: Welcome to social media. :)
Him: Hey, anyplace that Volgograd is a growing trend is someplace I could be.
Him: oh
Me: Hm?
Him: The reason it's trending is a couple of bombs were set off there today.
Me: Welcome to social media. :D Seriously, though, that's awful.
News in the 21st century: the medium is the message?
