Social Networking

I am not a complete stranger to social networking. I have been using Facebook for three years and it is a like/hate relationship. It does help me stay in contact with some of my friends that I otherwise might have lost touch with. But after that, it just gets messy with all the applications and 'friends' that want to add you (even though you didn't speak to each other once in high school).

For this lab I signed up for Twitter. I am following a few classmates and my brother. I thought I would dislike it, but I am not finding it abhorrent. I appreciate that it is simple, clean, and to the point. I was also able to customize my page with a photo and a different background.

I don't think I will ever learn anything revelatory on Twitter, but I’ll keep trying it for a while.

I checked out a few libraries and they did have followers so it is an outreach tool to keep in mind(what’s new in the library, library events etc.) Libraries can use Twitter to keep in touch with patrons; however, I feel that this information is largely redundant as it is likely to be on the library’s website.