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Originally Posted by Soft*Silver
wow, I came across this 8 year old thread and re-read it...so much has changed!
BFD is gone
BF is gone
no one does My Space anymore
Twitter has picked up in popularity because of 45
Linked In has lost most of our interest unless you are looking for a job
Facebook has caught us in its snare...it is THE #1 social media
when I came back to the Planet, I wondered where everyone was. I think FB has taken alot of people away from here
and I wonder why
I personally love the forum set up on the planet. And I like how we are screened for participation, so the likelyhood of trolls coming in for stares and rude comments are reduced.
wondering what others think about social media nowadays and how it affect the Planet?
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I specifically searched the forums for a thread on Social Media and found this one. I too enjoy the forum setup on BFP; it's familiar and friendly. I like the conversation here as opposed to simply meme posting which is what goes on so much on social media sites. I left Facebook a month or so ago and have not looked back. It's so liberating to let go of it. I woke up one morning and asked myself if I was contributing anything positive to that medium and thought about it for awhile and answered myself, no. Then I asked myself if I was getting anything positive from that medium and thought about it for another little while and answered myself by clicking the delete button. Having said that though, I have been on Twitter since 2009 and have always liked it there. I use it a lot though for news and it's great in the moment real time connecting in emergencies. I'm also on Instagram although I'm not one to use it as a photo storage and I clean up old stuffs regularly so there really isn't tons of stuff there to see. If anyone wanted to connect, on Twitter I'm simply faireunvoeu and on Instagram it's faireunvoeu_ig