What social or networking sites do you use?

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Do you have anything like a Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn type account? Do you have all of them? What do you most use them for and is this what you set them up for?

I guess this includes Classmates or Reunion.com type things too.

I have none of the above. I may be the only person in the U.S. that doesn't.
 
To each his own -
but thank God I don't have enough time for facebook, myspace, or anything else like that.

I do find time for Hornfans though
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I recently opened a LinkedIn account, which is basically Facebook for adults with jobs. Not sure of the value of it really, but thought I would participate for a while and see if there's anything there.

I think all the current hype on networking and visibility is overdone.
 
I have LinkedIn for professional networking and Facebook for personal.

LinkedIn was the best online resource I had when I was in a job search in March

Facebook has re-connected me with people I haven't seen in 25 years and allowed me to easily communicate with friends/family after the birth of my son (posting pics, comments etc). It was much easier than sending out 100 emails and then answering them all.

In my experience there are typically two types of people when it comes to these sites...people who understand it and know how to use it, and those who refuse to accept it, never will, and act like it's the devil.

and I did find it funny that someone above said they don't have time for the networking sites...as they type on an internet BBS
 
i am not who finds it the devil but i dont think i am missing out on anything. i agree that it has value like Huff used it for. i dont send out many emails and either kept in touch with ppl or did not for a reason.

twitter is sometthing i figured Huff would be doing. it seems to have the most buzz but that may just be because it is new.
 
This makes me feel really old, but can someone explain Twitter to me?
To answer the OP, I have a facebook account for keeping up with friends. It's nice to be kind of in touch with people I don't know well enough to randomly pick up the phone and call. It's interesting to see where people are living, especially since I'm at an age where lots of friends are getting married, starting new careers, etc, and it's harder to keep up with them. After reading unpainted's post, I am creating a profile on LinkedIn to help with my current job search. So any LinkedIn tips would be appreciated!
 
Ok so on LinkedIn, say I am looking up people that have jobs similar to what I'm looking for, and I get search results that just say the person's job title, not their name or anything... it is normal to message ("InMail") that person for advice in the field or about their company, or is that creepy?
 
that's the opposite of what LinkedIn is for

You use your connections, ie people you know...your friends, your old co-workers, etc to connect you with people

You will end up with more connections that you think
 
LinkedIn and Facebook. I found my last job via LinkedIn, so yes its worth joining those sites.

Its fine that someone looks down on Facebook or whatever, but I've seen many people say that; and then up on those sites once they sign up.
 
I got a twitter account to keep my wife up to date on my trip to the Fiesta Bowl and love it. I also have a myspace but I haven't updated it in probably about a year or more.
 
I can't imagine why anyone would put so much personal information out on a website, and expose themselves to weirdos, stalkers, and nutjobs.
I just use HornFans.com, in order to meet weirdos, stalkers and nutjobs. Who needs all those other sites?
 
LinkedIn, Hornfans and a few other message boards I frequent. LinkedIn is great because it's limited to Professional networking and alumni groups. I have ~200 connections there and get multiple inquiries for jobs. I do it purely for career purposes.

I have not interest in Twitter, Facebook or MySpace. Here at the office we just had an FBI agent give us a presentation on how much stalking/identity theft is being done via these sites. It's really hit an epidemic. People are simply too trusting these days. They didn't cover the fact that these sites are collecting a mammoth amount of data on you that will be valuable to the highest bidder at some point.
 
Linked in for business (used proficiently by recruiters) and Facebook personally. I understand those who are just recently out of HS or college finding it easy to keep up with old friends. Bit if you've been out for 25+ years like me and moved throughout the country, FB is a godsend. I've had an absolute blast reconnecting with folks.
 
Actually, I've been known to use the Facebook. I'm not exactly in the United States of America right now and it's an easy way to (1) Keep up with friends back home and have them keep up with me as well as (2) Keep up with stuff/people down here in Argentina. (cheaper than my cell phone by a LOT)
I've mentioned in the past that Facebook is skewing older and older. Well, I'm not the only person who has noticed this.

TIME magazine has this: TOP TEN Reasons "Why Facebook Is for Old Fogies"
 
It's kind of funny that you asked. I never really was into these things much, even though I had a neglected myspace page for quite a while. I really only started it at my son's insistence, so we could put each other in our "friends". I think he was my only friend on that for a long time.

As some of you know, my son Brad passed away unexpectedly in July and one day when I got the courage to go through his stuff in his room I decided to check out his computer. I didn't want to invade his privacy, I just wanted to check on important email and such and when I checked his inbox there were several notices of messages and comments on his myspace page that were left after he died. I figured out his myspace password and posted the comments on his profile and have been maintaining his space since then - about six months now. People still come by and have some nice things to say.

Now my own myspace page that was dormant for so long is more active, with several of Brad's friends inviting me to be their friends. Some of them I hardly knew, or didn't know at all before. They drop me a comment every now and then to see how I'm doing. Some really nice kids, but that doesn't really surprise me, since my son was the best person that I have known in my life.
 
I have LinkedIn for professional and Facebook for social. I echo the comments above about it making it easier to stay in touch with a lot of people when there is only so much time in the day, not enough time to always pick up the phone and call.

But beware of the fine print according to SmartMoney.com. Check out page 3 of the article.

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just got a facebook account this week. Did it to get the news on our upcoming high school reunion. I've talked to folks I haven't seen in 20 years this week...pretty cool....including my best friend from the grade school...last time I talked to him was 30 years ago.
 
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