# What's your social media presence like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870 "2022-03-11T04:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870/41 "2022-03-15T18:46:33Z")
Minimal presence. Mainly to see what my kids are up to. As 30-somethings they’re posting things semi-regularly. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870/42 "2022-03-15T23:07:57Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Zero social media.\* > […] > \*… but waaaay too much time here. Ditto. (OK, I occasionally click on a link to Twitter, or try to check a Facebook page if it’s the only way to get specific info; though most of the time I can’t get at the info without an account anyway, and I’m not going to get one.) I’m also on a couple of other message boards; but while definitely alive, they’re less active than this one. > [@glee](#): > > I don’t even have a mobile phone > [@Icarus](#): > > Not meaning to cap on you, but in today’s world that is equivalent to boasting, “I don’t have indoor plumbing!” I have a mobile phone. It’s even, theoretically, a smart phone. But it can’t get any apps it didn’t come with; can’t scan a code; doesn’t let me click on a link in a text; and has a screen too small for me to find the browser usable. However, it doesn’t break if dropped; it doesn’t mind getting wet; and it fits inside the pocket I want to put it in. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I have a feeling this thread is skewing toward people who love telling other people they don’t do social media. I think people active on message boards may skew towards people who don’t do social media. > [@Dinsdale](#): > > my most common on-line social interaction is directed email w/ people I know. That’s second to message boards for me; because most of us don’t email each other daily. > [@DrFidelius](#): > > They eat the ticks which spread Lyme Disease. They are immune to venomous snake bites. I didn’t know either of those things. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870/43 "2022-03-15T23:25:33Z")
I have a Facebook account under my real name. I had a LiveJournal account as DocCathode. I live in Philly. My mom, sister and sister in law live in Florida. A friend I’ve known since I was 6 or so lives in Texas. FB just makes it much easier to keep in touch and updated with these people. I think all but 2 of my FB posts have been friends only. I am willing to get into debates with people on FB if the cause is right or if I can post cites proving I’m right. A FB poster posted to a group I belong to about a covention owned and organized by a man who had long been exposed as a sexual harrasser and thief. I posted basically that. She responded “I know (name redacted) personally”. I said “I personally read his confession.” She denied that there was such a confession of that (name redacted) had ever admitted to some of the things I was saying. I posted the text of the confession I had saved from (name redacted)'s own FB page before they deleted it. The poster I was debating threatened to report me for harrassment. I said I was just posting the truth and would continue to do so. She deleted the post I had responded to, leaving one post about the con standing. Another friend reposted the same facts I had been stating. The woman I was debating then deleted all posts mentioning the convention. Yeah, threaten sanctions and then hide the truth. That’ll convince folks. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870/44 "2022-03-15T23:28:47Z")
You’re pretty much looking at my entire social media presence right now. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870/45 "2022-03-20T21:20:59Z")
Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870/46 "2022-03-21T07:24:26Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I think people active on message boards may skew towards people who don’t do social media. I consider this board to be part of my social media presence. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870/47 "2022-03-21T14:59:27Z")
On Facebook I have a larger-than-life presence, as I post memes basically by the hour, as well as status updates and photos whenever I feel the need. I’ll also throw down in political debates with my ignorant-ass cousins who support … well, never mind that. On Twitter, I follow a couple dozen people who sometimes tweet interesting things; I haven’t tweeted something on my own in over a year. I have a LinkedIn profile, but I have never had a reason to participate in anything going on at LinkedIn ever, for any reason. I don’t do TikTok, Tumblr, Instagram, or any of that other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870/48 "2022-03-21T17:07:56Z")
Lurker, for the most part. Even here. I have a Snapchat account, an Instagram account, a Facebook account, and my registration here. That’s it for social media. I watch YouTube videos but do not post my own, make comments, or any of that stuff. I simply use the content, not create it. 1. I use Snapchat for the sole purpose of keeping in contact with one specific person who insists on that being their main communication tool. I’m not a fan of it but since I want to keep in contact with them, I do what I gotta do. 2. My Instagram account I never post to unless Facebook posts for me, which I find annoying as fuck. But there are people who I like to at least have some semblance of contact with and they only use Instagram, so once again I force myself to keep it for that reason. 3. I post to Facebook fairly infrequently but do check it daily. I don’t particularly _like_ it but I’ve managed to pretty much have the algorithm trained to show me Simpsons memes, funny history memes, cats being stupid pics, and… that’s about it. I post memes once in a while and life updates even rarer. I do however use Messenger daily and have kept Facebook basically to keep access to Messenger. 4. I check the Dope daily, usually several times a day. (I know you said it doesn’t count, but in my world it does). I find the breaking news and follow-along threads to be invaluable and with the exception of Marketplace and Thread Games I spend at least some time in every forum daily. Obviously, I lurk more than I post I hate the very idea of TikTok with a passion and completely fail to see the appeal and I have never used Reddit, Tumblr or Twitter. If it wasn’t for the fact that there is a scattering of people across the world who I want to stay in touch with and have chosen a disparate selection of social media platforms to use, I wouldn’t have an online presence at all except for here. ---
**Author:** ![MrLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870/49 "2022-03-21T18:33:49Z")
I deleted Facebook in January, and haven’t looked back since. Instagram has never really resonated with me, and I am too old for Snapchat and TikTok. So, my only social media presence is on LinkedIn. I don’t like it much, but it is useful professionally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-social-media-presence-like/960870.md?page=2)