Analysis of My Social Media Usage

I actively use mainly three social media services: Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. There are other services in which I have accounts, like Turntable.fm, which I only used twice, or this Blogger account, that doesn't get as much interaction. So I will be focusing on the services I update constantly and regularly.

Twitter
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

• livemylief
• Murooned
• Pop Serial
• Internet Poetry

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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. 

bleakly positive future outlook

it is thanksgiving
and i feel an odd feeling of positivity
i always feel sad, but i don't right now
for some reason

the new year feels motivateing
i am drunk right now
i feel like i could do many things right now
but probably the only thing i could actually do
is get in bed and fall asleep

"i don't know man, i htink i feel good"
i want to get fucked every day of my life
i want a fucking cheeseburger

i know there is people lined up outside of best buy right now
and odd future exists
feels so surreal
and kind of depressing

i heard a song tonite that said
"ass, ass, ass, ass, ass, ass, ass, ass,ass, ass, ass,ass, ass, ass, ass, ass, ass"
i had to ask myself
"is this real?"
it's kind of fun(ny), but not really
i don't know

fuck me right now

Malcolm in the Middle excerpt (Ss. 4 ep. 22: Day Care)

"God is so much bigger and wiser than us, and trying to see what he's thinking would be like an ant trying to see what I'm thinking" said Dewey.

"Yes, exactly" said the church woman. "But we can trust in his wisdom and we can have faith that he is watching over us".

Then Dewey said "Like me with the anthill in my backyard. I spent days watching the ants, trying to figure out which ones were good, which ones were bad. But they all just look like ants. So I start smiting all of them. I was smiting them with the garden hose and with lighter fluid and with the lawnmower. And to be perfectly honest I think I went a little crazy with the shovel. Those ants could've been praying to me all day. I wouldn't have heard them... there was nothing they could do about it. And really, it's the same with us. There's nothing we can do about anything either, so why worry about it? I guess all we can do is live our lives with as much kindness and decency as possible and try not to dwell on God standing over us with that giant shovel. Bye."

see how everything will end

i have not showered since thursday
today is saturday
i didn't go out this week and i haven't been out of bed in two days
well, only to eat and poop

i'm lazy to even think about doing things

i watched a documentary about the universe and thought existential thoughts
i feel troubled
by my insignificance -not that i want to be grand or anything-
or something

seems like there is only two things i feel positive feelings about
for every thirty-four things i feel negative or neutral feelings towards
i feel very fucked
i feel fucked a lot

i thought "i can't fucking do this anymore" but kept on living life anyways

i feel like bliss

i was driving on the freeeway

listening to i only said by my bloody valentine

and i felt really good or happie or something

i wanted to close my eyes and drive forever

feel like a fucking tornado

and crash against other cars

but survive, because i have something to look forward to

i am leaveing this place

soon

i'll be gone

and the anticipation is fucking me

five cents away from being boosted to a higher level

today i was five cents away from being boosted to a higher level

three quarters and two dimes

i wish i could talk to the vending machine and explain to it

that i'm only five cents away from being boosted to a higher level

i need harvest cheddar sun chips to feel better

i layed on the grass and my butt got wet

so i went somewhere else

i sat by a girl

her back faced me

or i faced her back

she had her back turned on me the whole time

and this made me a little sad

i feel slightly depressed and i need to be boosted before i am really depressed

if only vending machines were able to comprehend circumstantials

if only i had some effing harvest cheddar sun chips

i am watching pokemon with my brother

i am watching pokemon with my brother

he recited the Jesse & James intro speech with passion

the whole thing

i thought about how he really knows it

a jigglypuff jumps from behind ash' and brooke's back

it slaps a clefairy and my brother says "oooooooo" somewhat loudly in an instigating manner

i remember when i used to watch pokemon

i don't really remember when i stopped watching pokemon

it felt slightly familiar in a welcoming manner

jigglypuff says "jigglypuff"

i think "jigglypuff" and i maybe whispered it to myself

jigglypuff sings "jiggalee-puff, jiggalee-eepuff, jiggaleepuff-jigalee"

my brother sings "jiggalee-puff, jiggalee-eepuff, jiggaleepuff-jigalee"