When it comes to my personal social media presence, I would say that I sit in the middle of the road. The only social media sites that I am on are Facebook, Twitter, and Stumbleupon. I use them all for different reasons because they each have strengths that the other ones lack.
The site I use most frequently is of course Facebook. The site's perimeters make it very easy to just check on and be done with in a few minutes. It is also the most important source at connecting with friends directly and privately.
The second most used would be my twitter account. Though I do not add much content on Twitter, I like the content that is on it. Every time the page loads, I can immediately count on a tweet that will make me laugh or let me know a good deal online.
My third most used is also my favorite. The reason I do not use Stumbleupon as much as the others is because I do not allow myself. I say this honestly that it is the heroin of the internet. When I first created an account, the next two months were chalked full of me wasting time learning wildly fascinating things which contributed virtually nothing to my real life. At times these stints would last for over three hours, which I would never have back.
Even though I inhibit myself from using it to it's fullest, it is still my favorite. I only use it about two hours a week now. My favorite part of the site is that it continually works to improve itself to meet your needs. If you like a site, the next one is even more towards what you want to see on the internet. If you dislike the site, it will stay far away from any site that is similar. I also enjoy looking through my friend's archived liked sites. If I trust a friend's taste in culture, I can look at the things that interest them, and it does two things for me. The first is that it expands my own interests and the second is that I find out more about them than I knew before. Stumbleupon is the ultimate entertainment source for the internet.
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