# Social Media Advice.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-advice/588798>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 12, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-advice/588798 "2011-07-12T21:18:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-advice/588798/1 "2011-07-12T21:18:31Z")

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So.

For me, the SDMB is the only social media I use.

What other site would be helpful to me?

Requirements:

[ol]  
[li]Must be _one site only_. **Not multiple**.[/li][li]Must help with finding people I knew years ago.[/li][li]Must help with job search.[/li][li]Must be OK at protecting my personal information.[/li][/ol]

Advice?

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-advice/588798/2 "2011-07-12T21:24:06Z")

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Umm? LinkedIn?

You’re kind of going about this the wrong way, just so you know. A better idea is to figure out what you want out of your social media more so than what you don’t want it to do. If you’re looking to expand business opportunities, than LinkedIn or Facebook are a good fit. If you’re looking for connecting with lots of people primarily through web with a focus on web 2.0 functionality than you might want to look at Twitter or Tumblr. If you’re happy with just the SDMB why not stick with it? Social media should be filling a hole in your web experience and not be something you do because you feel you should be doing it.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-advice/588798/3 "2011-07-12T23:20:46Z")

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> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> . If you’re looking to expand business opportunities, than LinkedIn or Facebook are a good fit. If you’re looking for connecting with lots of people primarily through web with a focus on web 2.0 functionality than you might want to look at Twitter or Tumblr. .

The what?

The which what?  
The what-what?

Look, I wanna make friends, find old ones, maaaybe improve my odds of getting a job.

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**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-advice/588798/4 "2011-07-12T23:36:53Z")

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Facebook, hands down.

Or maybe Google+ since that’s where all the cool kids are flocking to these days.

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-advice/588798/5 "2011-07-13T00:26:59Z")

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Facebook right now.

If Google+ lives up to its promise, then it might be the better choice six months from now or a year from now, but at the moment they don’t have a critical mass of members yet.