I'm just curious as to how many of our UO people are using social media, and what all they are using. 

 

I only posted the top few sites, feel free to add others in comments, as well as why you are using the particular site(s) you are using.

 

If you are not using social media sites, feel free to post your reasons why.  Thanks everyone!

I'd get no work done at all if I was involved with that stuff, plus this.

I use Facebook the most.  I signed up for Twitter, but I have barely used it.  I have a myspace page, but I barely do anything with it.

I occasionally go on fb, and have, but never go on, linked.

 

Tweeting is ridiculous, imo.

Facebook the most, Twitter occasionally and LinkedIn every once in a while

I use Linkedin a fair amount. Like Xumelanie, I signed up for twitter a while back, and never figured out the purpose, so I don't count that as one that I use. Never used any of the others.

We use them for programming.  I don't use the personally.

 

But I know all about them.  I think they are a great way to reach the "connected" generation.

Facebook addict.

I'm on facebook all the time.  I think myspace is for tweens and up and coming bands, I don't know a whole lot about linkedin, and I think Twitter is absolutely stupid. 

Twitter is dumb though for some reason I keep accumulating feeds from folks. Some newspapers are using it pretty well as a kind of ticker in ways that seem less annoying than the 'the world is ending' email alerts. LinkedIN is very professionally oriented.

Yeah, I use Facebook the most. I just joined Twitter, but I, too, don't see the point. It's basically Facebook's status updates.

 

Facebook is a great way to connect with people .. however I HATE HATE HATE it when people "friend" me and then never even bother to send me a message or connect further. I don't get it. Those get deleted pretty quickly. I'm actually really considering getting rid of my account.

Order of use...

[*]Facebook (quite a bit)

[*]LinkedIn (half as much as Facebook)

[*]Twitter (will use more once I get a smart phone)

[*]MySpace (deleted my account once before and barely use it now...probably will be deleted again soon)

 

I use all of these for both social networking (chessy term I try to refrain from using), but also as a means to promote UrbanCincy.

I use Facebook frequently, and rarely check up on MySpace sans to keep some distant connections. I have a Twitter account but I have a strong distaste for it.

Thanks everyone for answering my poll, this was my first one!  Pretty interesting answers. I thought maybe I didn't get Twitter because I'm getting old and crochety, but it seems pretty uniform that everyone thinks it's pretty stupid and fairly worthless.  I just can't see it lasting and think the hype about it will die down in a few more months.

Thanks everyone for answering my poll, this was my first one! Pretty interesting answers. I thought maybe I didn't get Twitter because I'm getting old and crochety, but it seems pretty uniform that everyone thinks it's pretty stupid and fairly worthless.

 

No, no .. you might just be getting old and crotchety. But if so, you have company. :)

Facebook? Great for getting in touch, keeping in touch and giving general updates about life. It's nice that you can completely ignore the juvenile "send ____ a superpoke", or "throw a sheep at ____". Like jpop said - I've had a few people who 'friended' me for no other reason than they knew a friend of a friend of a friend of mine. What's the point? LinkedIn is a less personal approach but obviously geared toward the professional/networking crowd.

 

To me, Twitter seems like the same kind of hype that surrounded the reality show 'Big Brother'. Sounded great on paper until everyone started to realize that - unless your job involves jetsetting around the globe and hobnobbing with the "it" list 24/7 (i.e. Robin Leach in his prime), no ones' life (and announcements about it every 15 minutes) is that interesting.

 

I have a myspace and facebook.  I've logged onto facebook probably three times total in the past year.  Myspace however, I use all the time for music.  Found pretty many local bands that I enjoy.

I don't use any of them much anymore but facebook is the best out of all of them. It's scary that we're in an age of such superficial communication and voyeurism. Most facebook status updates are f-ing boring! Seriously. Why do people keep giving boring @ss updates? Everyone always thinks "who f-ing cares!?" after reading that sh!t. It doesn't stop people from reveling in what is basically the closest they can get to a reality tv show.

 

 

I use MySpace the most, and facebook comes in a near second.  I just got a twitter account, mostly because my local newspaper uses it, along with some other media outlets.  It's alright.

Twitter is dumb though for some reason I keep accumulating feeds from folks. Some newspapers are using it pretty well as a kind of ticker in ways that seem less annoying than the 'the world is ending' email alerts. LinkedIN is very professionally oriented.

 

The original reason I signed up for Twitter was I saw I could get news updates. So I signed up for WCPN, and Cleveland.com. Well, the CPN tweets are ok, but Cleve.com bombarded me with tweets. I had to shut it off.

 

I've never once used it to send a message out, but oddly enough, I saw recently I had 6 or 7 people 'following' me...people that were complete strangers. Very creepy. I blocked every one of them. I still have the account, but with this post I've decided I'm going to delete it.

Should we create a FB and/or MS  for UO??

I was thinking of creating a LinkedIn group, since I use LI and we have 18 people on there, but I'm not sure it would be worthwhile since we already have our board here.  It could drive more people to our board though, which could be a good thing, since everyone is notified when you join a new group; I've had a lot of my connections join groups immediately after I have joined them; since there's no good "groups" directory, that's the only way to really find out about them so if we created a group and a bunch of us joined, all our connections would learn about UO and maybe come to the site and join?

I do Facebook most, but these days usually just to look at what other people are up to, rather than posting/doing anything myself.

 

Signed up for LinkedIn, but don't use it for anything other than to maintain a few contacts.

 

I do use Twitter, but for no particular reason.  When you first sign up for Twitter, you think it's stupid and pointless, and that's because there's no reason to use it if you don't have some critical mass of friends attached to you.  But once you get those people, then it's just the same as Facebook status updates (which can be good/fun or really really stupid) without the rest of Facebook.  I just occasionally write something that's on my mind and avoid the super mundane "at the grocery store" sort of thing.  It's pretty useless for actual communication between parties, but it can be useful for receiving updates, links, announcements, etc. from some entity of interest.

I created a myspace for UO.  Check it out at www.myspace.com/urbanohiosite

I think a Facebook group for UrbanOhio would be cool, too. It could be a great way to advertise the actual forum and get more people excited about their cities, which should be the ultimate goal.

Uhhh, folks - isn't this the existing UO group for FB? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210039502

There already is a Facebook group for Urban Ohio.

Ohhhh, snap! And I was already a member .. haha.

I use Facebook and Myspace.. I have LinkedIn but I rarely check it as to being busy with other things.

There already is a Facebook group for Urban Ohio.

 

This is the first I've seen of the UO facebook group!!

Woahhh... I just checked out the myspace profile.  Awesome!!

I've been laughing at this for 15 minutes.  Everyone in the office is rolling.

 

http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays

LinkedIn only. The other stuff is for entertainment and does not really appeal to me. I could care less what my friends are doing RIGHT NOW much less people I barely know.

I use Facebook.  At some point it just became the family standard for sharing family updates and posting the latest photos.  I don't use it much beyond family purposes.  I accept friend requests from anyone that happens to desire it which is mostly just random people from my past that got drunk and were bored one night and the girls that work for my sister.

LinkedIn only. The other stuff is for entertainment and does not really appeal to me. I could care less what my friends are doing RIGHT NOW much less people I barely know.

 

Facebook is great for networking really.  I don't use it to check up on my friends.  Really, I use it as a way to make contacts, keep in contact, create contacts, get involved, and understand whats happening around me.  Through the News Feed, I can learn about random things people recently became a fan of, an article someone posted, or an event someone is going to.  Thats the true importance of fb. 

LinkedIn only. The other stuff is for entertainment and does not really appeal to me. I could care less what my friends are doing RIGHT NOW much less people I barely know.

 

Facebook is great for networking really.  I don't use it to check up on my friends.  Really, I use it as a way to make contacts, keep in contact, create contacts, get involved, and understand whats happening around me.  Through the News Feed, I can learn about random things people recently became a fan of, an article someone posted, or an event someone is going to.  Thats the true importance of fb. 

 

Was/Is the trip to Greece on FB?  LMAO!!!

I use Facebook to keep up with my friends and Twitter for my own personal amusement.  I don't send many tweets and follow people i think are funny.

 

I have a myspace page, but i don't use it.  i may just delete it.

I've got a Facebook (like everyone else), but I didn't opt for a username or whatever, so I can't say, "Hey, find me at facebook.com/_____!"  It's just a bunch of numbers.  But my name's Josh Jones and if you're so inclined, you could probably find me easily.

 

I'm also on Twitter at twitter.com/joshjones

Question for the group.  Do any of you follow a TV program/Movie/Product/Brand?

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More marketers use social networking to reach customers

By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY

 

SAN FRANCISCO — Ford Motor has high hopes for Fiesta, a popular model abroad launching in the U.S. next year. So how does it introduce the subcompact car to Americans? A massive ad blitz on TV? In-house promotions at dealers nationwide?

 

Nope.

 

In April, Ford tapped 100 top bloggers and gave them a Fiesta for six months. The catch: Once a month, they're required to upload a video on YouTube about the car, and they're encouraged to talk — no holds barred — about the Fiesta on their blogs, Facebook and Twitter.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-08-27-social-networks-marketers_N.htm

actually, i follow Ford on Twitter.  Mostly because i'm geeked about the new international Focus that's coming out next year. It'll be my next car (about 95% sure about that).  It's going to be silver and have a dark interior.

 

I also am a fan of a few companies on Facebook, (Faygo, Better Made, and Vernor's) because of their connections to my hometown.

The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers   

 

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^Everyone on Facebook falls under at least one of more of these titles.

 

LOL.  I look at some of the people that subscribe to our programming and I wonder how any of them can have over 100 personal friends.

 

I now know the definition of "complicated"!  LOL

1 - FaceBook

2 - Twitter

3 - Urban Ohio

4 - Tumblr

5 - LinkedIn (useless)

6 - Last.fm

7 - Cleveland Social Media Club

8 - I have a MySpace but it is irrelevant

 

I'm on a few other niche specific sites too

 

I checked "Other" being that I do not have any "social networking" profiles.

I checked "Other" being that I do not have any "social networking" profiles.

 

Really? No internet down there in Medina? (hahaha, you didn't say the bashing had to be limited to the suburbs thread)

 

What's funny is my in-laws have had facebook for about 3 years now because one of the guys in their development is a big tech/gadget guy. So as soon as Facebook was open to the public he them all signed up. At one point it was all of their golf buddies and their teenage kids.

 

I have had one since it started because I still had access to my university e-mail after I graduated (Thanks OU!) but really only started using it in the last 18 months. It is good to see pictures of people and the their kids/dog/goldfish. The over 30 crowd really doesn't post to many incriminating pictures. My mom signed up last year and now my dad just started an account because his company now has a page.

^Even though I was never going to vote for that clown, tweeting should be an automatic no vote. Man, I hate twitter. Most of this "social networking" is just a big waste of time, and it has become a marketing tool for companies that hire young people. Even facebook (which was good in its infancy on select college campuses) has gone overboard. Myspace always kind of sucked. I'm starting to even hate text messaging too. I just prefer face-to-face contact over other types of communication. In terms of online, email and forums still beat all the other crap. New isn't always better.

 

Twitter is by far the worst thing ever invented by man. If I find out Strickland or anyone else tweets their VP/Lt. Governor/political picks, I'm not voting for them either.

I think this post proves you're getting old. (Sorry, felt the need to inject some smartassedness into the conversation.)

 

I tend to agree with CDawg in areas where he's Conservative. I think it's because we were born into age of computers, mp3 players, RSS/XML, pagers - cell phones, txt mssgng, self-checkout, self-registration, cable-tv, video games, youtube, etc. It's all we've ever known and we're reacting against it; whether we enjoy film over digital, or draw on paper as opposed to CAD. We're becoming disabused of the technology that defines our lame generation, I think.

 

To be honest, I think our parents generation are the ones taking social networking to the extreme. Their simultaneous realities just manifest in different ways. It scares me the way older people are so compulsive with checking their damn blackberrys. They have to be notified instantly every time they recieve an e-mail, txt message, Twitter message, Facebook message, etc. etc. etc. etc.

 

There's so much you can observe from face-to-face confrontation. Body language, dialect, stress of particular words, emotion, motivation/intentions, etc. Those things leave a much bigger impression than words in an email.

 

Young people might be the first to use social media but we're the first ones to realize its limitations and probably will be the first to abandon it.

Facebook is a lark. I like it to track down and keep up with old friends.

 

I've got a Linked In account that I never use.

 

I'm not one of those twits who turn to Twitter to tweet their twaddle.

I have no use for any of it; I'm utterly antisocial. :x

 

Well, I do have a Classmates.com account to keep in touch with a few good friends from high school. I check in every month or so if I feel like it.

 

I opened a Facebook account, immediately became overwhelmed and paranoid, and deactivated it within 20 minutes.

 

UO and SSP are all the online interaction I can handle.