social networking

[jlh]

So like, you guys? There are a lot of social networking sites. And it seems to me that they're really for different things, hence people being everywhere at once, and also that we aren't saying the same things in each space because then our friends just get the same message 5 times. (With all due respect to soupkills.) Anyway, so I was hoping to get your thoughts on these various sites in the comments, and how you use them, and all of that. Here on LJ, because these other sites don't seem to be a place to have a thought that is longer than a sentence.

[insert worry about long attention span and general inability to put a thought worth sharing in one sentence]

If you know my name, you can find me on facebook and myspace, where I'm on under my real name. I'm at twitter now too, but I'm sort of limiting that--it's a trial for now. So here are my burning questions:

1. Why do people hate the new Facebook, other than that it's new? And what are you using facebook for, other than watching other people's status updates and joining groups and playing scrabble?
   
2. What are people using myspace for? I find the thing to always be doing a little too much all at the same time, but I am old, and beginning to reconcile myself to this fact.'
   
3. What are people using twitter for? Is it really all "I had a ham sandwich for lunch"? Do you find that you have things to say that are only a sentence long? Do you get the alerts on your phone? What's considered "spammy"? Do you follow people who are not your friends?
   
4. Given all these places to go, is anyone really here on LJ anymore? I find the long format to be more suited to the way I think and communicate so I think it will remain my own home base, but what are you all thinking?

This is just a start--I know I'll have more questions for you all as I go along. Thanks!

Comments

[jlh.livejournal.com]

I really am beginning to hate the Twitter LJ posts. They just don't actually make any sense, because they have no context. No context is fine in a sea of no context, but is irritating in a place that's all about context. But I also hate it when people send me links and don't say what they are or why I should care, so that might be a personal pet peeve. (Though not that personal, as people are certainly coming out of the woodwork to bitch about the twitter LJ posts in their comments to this post!)

FB is really for me to keep up with high school and college friends that used to only get an xmas card, but who I do like and want to see what's up with them.

I'm never on myspace. Seriously.

and I am NOT leaving LJ anytime soon! LJ is my main man!

[locumtenens.livejournal.com]

No context is fine in a sea of no context, but is irritating in a place that's all about context.

Yes, this is pretty much the crux of it all. As someone downthread (you?) said: It really seems to belong more in the medium of the FB status update than LJ.

[Sorry to all the Twitter/LJ users. It's not personal.]