Which social media channels do you use?

Started by Brazen, August 20, 2015, 10:05:08 AM

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Brazen

I'm having to explore pretty much every social media channel for my new role, and some are pretty painful. So far I've drawn the line at SnapChat as no-one wants to tap me up for potential future revenge porn, but I'm sure I'll have to learn soon as apparently people really do use it for recruitment campaigns. How many do you use?

Here's one English-language centric top 12, though sources vary. How many of these do you post to or interact with (just browsing or watching YouTube videos doesn't count), and do you use anything not on the list?

Facebook
Twitter
Google+
YouTube
LinkedIn
Instagram
Pinterest
Tumblr
Vine
Snapchat
Reddit
Flickr

Zanza

Facebook
And I lurk on Reddit occasionally.

There is a German equivalent of LinkedIn that I use.

garbon

Use fairly regularly:
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram

Have but basically never use:
Google+
YouTube
Tumblr
Snapchat
Flickr
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Valmy

Facebook mostly.

LinkedIn

Youtube though I don't post anything.

I used to use Twitter alot but I have fled in terror from it.

I have Google+ and Tumblr but I hardly ever look at them.
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I use Facebook a lot.  Twitter sometimes, but rarely post anything.  I watch Youtube and occasionally post something unpublished for family to see, but don't really use it for social media.  I stay up to date on LinkedIn but don't particularly like it.  And I have a Google+ account but hardly ever use it because very few people I know use theirs.
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Facebook
LinkedIn
A French equivalent of LinkedIn

Seldom used:
Google+

mongers

I read Twitter several times a week, but no longer post an occasion post there.
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Brazen

I post on Facebook several times a day. I use Twitter as a news source and to find out about companies and individuals, and to complain to or compliment companies. I used Google+ to promote articles I'd written as it helps SEO but only used it briefly since as it's linked to an Android game I'm playing. I no longer post videos to YouTube. I've started playing with Instagram and Pinterest for work purposes, but they're just total time drains. I've just downloaded Vine and will experiment with a couple of 10-second videos soon.

Valmy

For work purposes? I guess I had the impression Pinterest was for the DIY crowd.
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celedhring

I use Facebook often although I usually don't post anything myself more than once or twice a week.

Nothing else besides LinkedIn, which I keep updated for employment purposes but I don't use in any social manner. I of course watch YouTube but haven't posted a video in there in years. Instagram, twitter, etc... I signed up for them back in the time but they were too much work.

Zanza

Pinterest to find ideas on what to put into my new apartment.

Norgy

Facebook. I lurk on Twitter.
LinkedIn is just a source of grief.  :(


Maladict

Facebook is the only one I use, although I rarely post. I'm planning another major purge of 'friends' to get below 100.

I have a Linkedin account but it's never been of any use. Haven't used Flickr since they went 'awesome' a year or two ago.
Had a twitter account but quickly deleted it, Google+ is still around but only to host some files.


viper37

Facebook is the only one I use.  I have a Google+ account (it comes with having a Google account, apparently), but I'm never there, never check it.

Facebook is nice to keep in touch with my family (none of my cousins live close) and distant (geographically speaking) friends and a few forum acquaintances.
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