I do this whenever I buy from Amazon. My reason is that I use Smile and I didn't know Smile existed until someone else shared their Smile purchase. Now, I share it to let people know about Smile and plug the rescue I support. Also, I don't think Amazon posts the products I purchase, just that I bought something. Anyway, that's the only time I've ever done it.
I don't understand Tweeting in the first place... don't have the Tweeter, the FacePlace, the InstantGram... none of it. Who possibly cares what I ate for lunch, bought for my house, or when I used the bathroom. I just don't get it.
@paul4work Sigh. No offense, but I'm so tired of this same old trope about social media users only and always posting "what I ate for lunch, bought for my house, or when I used the bathroom" or the like. Even as hyperbole this is so inane and off-base as to be, hey, exactly the kind of noisy, pointless chatter you're bitching about.
Truly, I'm sure you're a great person. On that assumption, please don't jump on this bandwagon. Because it's full of idiots who don't know what the fuck they're talking about. In fairness, there are some people (not any of the people I pay attention to) who post this kind of asinine shit. If these are your friends, you need some different friends.
[Camera pans to @joelmw feverishly ranting about some uneducated peasant on the finer points of divulging minor personal activities on social media platform of choice]
@joelmw Amen! I love Twitter, and find that the concision brings out the most interesting in a lot of people. I was unwittingly signed up for a Facebook account a couple of months ago, and I find the signal-to-noise ratio very high there (and I'm only 'friends' with my actual friends, so shhh don't tell!) but neither is it a cesspool of how dismally bland everyone's life is.
@DrunkCat I have posted meals to FB. But it's less than one-percent of my total activity and they were exceptional meals in some sense. The only time I've posted about my activity on the crapper--to the best of my recollection--was to post Irk's lovely tune about Facebooking. But I are still amused. Damnit. :-)
@brhfl One of my friends that consistently posts interesting stuff is always admonishing me to adhere to Dunbar.
There is hella noise on FB. I pay attention to three sets of activity: 1) A defined group of nuclear family and an even more exclusive list of interesting extended family. This is the set that produces the most noise, because I want to stay in touch with my brothers and sister, but they often post things I either vehemently oppose or don't give a shit about. But, yaknow, they're family, so I feel we have an obligation to each other. But the bottom line is that I don't want to miss anything important from these folks and FB helps us stay very connected. 2) A small group of interesting friends who don't post a lot of nonsense. Those are "friends lists." 3) Actual groups--curated by myself and/or others--focused around either the fact that we all really really like and respect each other and are inclined to converse intelligently and with a similar sense of humor, or organized by topic (a certain brand of politics, the singularity, The Style Invitational, etc.).
I like human interaction; I like solid information; I like knowing what's happening in the world. I know that some people will share that with me and some will bombard me with nonsense. In both real life and social media, I make an effort to cling to the former and eschew the latter. Even if you want some semblance of connection to someone, that doesn't mean you have to read everything they post on FB and there are sooooooo many ways to filter content, it's ridiculous to think that you have to just stay away from the platform to avoid the noise.
Again, get some better friends and learn to use the technology (it's pretty damned user friendly; my wife, who kinda hates computers, knows how to block and turn down the volume on people).
I'm better informed and better connected because of social media. It's totally worth the minimal effort that's required to make it meaningful.
And, honestly, while I love interacting with people in person, the same people that would annoy the hell out of me on FB annoy the hell out of me in person.
I'll use this to tweet the purchase of a book if I like the author and want to help the author promote the book. I edit the standard tweet to be more positive and tweet the purchase. Even if it doesn't do anything to boost the sales of the book, the author enjoys seeing the tweet. I haven't done this for other types of products though.
Let's be blunt about this, Irk, when you're dealing with Amazon (and its kin), you're not dealing with an inept suitor, you're dealing with a whore. As such, it makes total sense that that whore would encourage you to tell all your friends, "hey, I just got a great (I'm not even going to go there; use your own imagination) from so-and-so." I'd think it would actually promote traffic. It's awkward, forced and whoreish, and I don't generally like it, but like a lot of what's done in the name of commerce and advertising, it makes some sense.
As others have mentioned, I will Tweet or post to Facebook and/or whatever when I think a particular product is both or either unknown and/or praiseworthy. I feel that I'm doing a public service. In just the same way, I frequently tell people (like in regular face-to-face interactions) about things that I think they oughta know about.
I almost always post from Kickstarter and Indiegogo, because the projects I support there are this by definition. I think one time I did this from meh. Well, I know I posted about at least one of my fukus. I'd love it if y'all offered products so unique and awesome that I would want to do it more often. Hint, hint. ;-p
I do this whenever I buy from Amazon. My reason is that I use Smile and I didn't know Smile existed until someone else shared their Smile purchase. Now, I share it to let people know about Smile and plug the rescue I support. Also, I don't think Amazon posts the products I purchase, just that I bought something. Anyway, that's the only time I've ever done it.
@PurplePawprints Great idea, I will start doing that myself.
Finally I agree with Irk about something.
@thismyusername claps
@thismyusername now we all know where the party is at!
@coleafiory Did you mean "the clap"?
Clicked play and then went to finish something in another tab. Great timing.
Where's the G+ option.
Sounds like Irk has kissed a lot of frogs.
I don't understand Tweeting in the first place... don't have the Tweeter, the FacePlace, the InstantGram... none of it. Who possibly cares what I ate for lunch, bought for my house, or when I used the bathroom. I just don't get it.
@paul4work Sigh. No offense, but I'm so tired of this same old trope about social media users only and always posting "what I ate for lunch, bought for my house, or when I used the bathroom" or the like. Even as hyperbole this is so inane and off-base as to be, hey, exactly the kind of noisy, pointless chatter you're bitching about.
Truly, I'm sure you're a great person. On that assumption, please don't jump on this bandwagon. Because it's full of idiots who don't know what the fuck they're talking about. In fairness, there are some people (not any of the people I pay attention to) who post this kind of asinine shit. If these are your friends, you need some different friends.
[Camera pans to @joelmw feverishly ranting about some uneducated peasant on the finer points of divulging minor personal activities on social media platform of choice]
@joelmw Amen! I love Twitter, and find that the concision brings out the most interesting in a lot of people. I was unwittingly signed up for a Facebook account a couple of months ago, and I find the signal-to-noise ratio very high there (and I'm only 'friends' with my actual friends, so shhh don't tell!) but neither is it a cesspool of how dismally bland everyone's life is.
@DrunkCat I have posted meals to FB. But it's less than one-percent of my total activity and they were exceptional meals in some sense. The only time I've posted about my activity on the crapper--to the best of my recollection--was to post Irk's lovely tune about Facebooking. But I are still amused. Damnit. :-)
@brhfl One of my friends that consistently posts interesting stuff is always admonishing me to adhere to Dunbar.
There is hella noise on FB. I pay attention to three sets of activity:
1) A defined group of nuclear family and an even more exclusive list of interesting extended family. This is the set that produces the most noise, because I want to stay in touch with my brothers and sister, but they often post things I either vehemently oppose or don't give a shit about. But, yaknow, they're family, so I feel we have an obligation to each other. But the bottom line is that I don't want to miss anything important from these folks and FB helps us stay very connected.
2) A small group of interesting friends who don't post a lot of nonsense.
Those are "friends lists."
3) Actual groups--curated by myself and/or others--focused around either the fact that we all really really like and respect each other and are inclined to converse intelligently and with a similar sense of humor, or organized by topic (a certain brand of politics, the singularity, The Style Invitational, etc.).
I like human interaction; I like solid information; I like knowing what's happening in the world. I know that some people will share that with me and some will bombard me with nonsense. In both real life and social media, I make an effort to cling to the former and eschew the latter. Even if you want some semblance of connection to someone, that doesn't mean you have to read everything they post on FB and there are sooooooo many ways to filter content, it's ridiculous to think that you have to just stay away from the platform to avoid the noise.
Again, get some better friends and learn to use the technology (it's pretty damned user friendly; my wife, who kinda hates computers, knows how to block and turn down the volume on people).
I'm better informed and better connected because of social media. It's totally worth the minimal effort that's required to make it meaningful.
And, honestly, while I love interacting with people in person, the same people that would annoy the hell out of me on FB annoy the hell out of me in person.
I'll use this to tweet the purchase of a book if I like the author and want to help the author promote the book. I edit the standard tweet to be more positive and tweet the purchase. Even if it doesn't do anything to boost the sales of the book, the author enjoys seeing the tweet. I haven't done this for other types of products though.
Let's be blunt about this, Irk, when you're dealing with Amazon (and its kin), you're not dealing with an inept suitor, you're dealing with a whore. As such, it makes total sense that that whore would encourage you to tell all your friends, "hey, I just got a great (I'm not even going to go there; use your own imagination) from so-and-so." I'd think it would actually promote traffic. It's awkward, forced and whoreish, and I don't generally like it, but like a lot of what's done in the name of commerce and advertising, it makes some sense.
As others have mentioned, I will Tweet or post to Facebook and/or whatever when I think a particular product is both or either unknown and/or praiseworthy. I feel that I'm doing a public service. In just the same way, I frequently tell people (like in regular face-to-face interactions) about things that I think they oughta know about.
I almost always post from Kickstarter and Indiegogo, because the projects I support there are this by definition. I think one time I did this from meh. Well, I know I posted about at least one of my fukus. I'd love it if y'all offered products so unique and awesome that I would want to do it more often. Hint, hint. ;-p