Twitter is my favorite social media service. Twitter offers the possibility of 'following' people you are interested in, without them having to follow back. This is very useful because it allows the user to only receive updates from another user in which they are earnestly interested in, this is one of Twitter's most advantageous features. I have 192 followers and I follow 188 Twitter accounts. I estimate ~73% of my followers to be people I know IRL, and I know ~62% of the the people I follow IRL. I interact with people on Twitter regularly. Twitter communication feels two sided and mutual.
The content I share on Twitter is very varied and I consider it to be my 'top notch' content. The things I share on Twitter are things I would want everyone to read and I would want to be known for. The content I share on Twitter is what I base my brand to be. My Twitter content is the least gatekept/most honest from all my social media profiles. I probably end up actually tweeting around 97% of thought 'potential' tweets. The background of my Twitter profile is pictures of Carl's Jr's Double Western bacon cheese burger, which is a commonly referred subject in my content. I share things I want on Twitter, I share what I'm eating on Twitter, I share things I hear on Twitter, I share something that happened to me on Twitter, I share feelings on Twitter, I flarf on Twitter.
Sample Tweets:
- That's it, I'm returning this mattress.
- I have been watching soccer videos since 4 and there seems to be a ~87% chance I will continue to do that for the rest of the day/nite.
- I want pizza and beer.
Facebook
I probably update my Facebook status once per every twelve times I 'check on' Facebook. I don't update my Facebook status as much as I once did. I feel distanced from Facebook. Facebook offers us to add 'friends'. Facebook friends can see your status updates, you see all of your Facebook friends' statuses, Facebook friends can post things on your wall, Facebook friends can comment on your posts. I am less inclined to update my Facebook status because I feel that people 'taint' my content with comments when they don't 'get' it. I am less inclined to check Facebook because I am very critical of others' updates.
I have 307 friends on Facebook. I think I only interact with 20-25 of them somewhat regularly IRL and I guess those would be friends and 7-9 would be 'close friends'. The rest I probably just met once and never saw them again. Around 5% of my Facebook friends are family.
Very seldom do I post "What's on my mind" on Facebook. I estimate ~30% of my Wall posts to be other people's posts on my Wall, ~38% to be links I've shared and ~32% text updates. Some links I share are 'serious' and some are not (I don't even have a pet). When I enjoy Facebook the most is when I don't take it seriously. I enjoy 'liking' silly/nonsensical group pages as a form of flarf, something I learned from an online friend. I also find it comical to update one-line, short statuses that provide no context. I enjoy imagining my Facebook friends being puzzled or taking them seriously.
Facebook is probably my least favorite social media service and I've thought of quitting it like ten or eleven times.
Tumblr
I think of Tumblr as a media oriented version of Twitter. Tumblr allows users to reblog content (which would be like retweets on Twitter). This is my favorite feature of Tumblr because it allows for content to be shared very easily.
Around 80% of my Tumblr entries are reblogs and 20% original content. I like reblogging content so that my followers can understand the things I like and agree with so they can understand and know me better through common content.
I am following 57 other Tumblr profiles and I have 36 followers. Tumblr is the platform where most of my online lit friends post their content and I enjoy seeing their content and reblogging it. Tumblr is a great way to share content because we know what we have in common and can 'market' our content to a specific audience.
Some favorite Tumblr blogs
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My favorite positive actions towards my content are retweets. You can 'make my day' with a retweet. My second favorite positive action towards my content are reblogs, when it's my original content. Facebook 'likes' are okay and so are 'favorites' on Twitter.
I consider my online presence to be 76% strong. Sometimes I want my internet presence to be my only presence but other times I want to quit the internet, it all depends on how existential I am feeling I think.
