It appears I’ve reached the limit of how much time and effort I intend to invest in my social media platforms. On the request of friends, I opened a SnapChat account recently, but quickly lost interest after posting just one or two ‘chats’. I’m better at the Big Three: FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram. They are more than enough to waste time and (ideally) direct traffic to this website. For the uninitiated (and I happen to know a few), here are a few brief bullet-points of what I like and, more importantly, don’t like about each.
Likes: Your FaceBook page is like a mini-website, with outlets for words, pictures, videos, events, and allowing for a more complete representation of an online persona. For better or worse.
Dislikes: A crazy double-standard when it comes to censoring male nudity, and an impossible-to-reach help system if someone steals your photos and pretends to be you.
Likes: Fast and efficient, even if it goes beyond 140 characters now, it’s the easiest way to see what’s trending in more or less real time.
Dislikes: Trolls and Russian bots. (The use of certain hashtags, #TrumpRussia or #ImpeachTrump for example, is only partially effective in getting them to back off.) It’s best to never engage.
Likes: A picture is worth a thousand words. Especially if you’re buck naked.
Dislikes: You can’t put any links in the captions. (But when in doubt, go to ALANILAGAN.com.)
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