Question

Tell us your favorite social media platform and explain why it is your favorite. Our book tells us that certain platforms are preferred the most by different age groups.Which do you dislike and why? Feel free to refer to other platforms not specifically mentioned in our text if it is your favorite and you use it the most.

Answer 1

Google+ because of its support for lean notification streams and diverse community engagements as enabled by circles, pages and communities. This is somewhat illustrated at my Google+ profile and interest pages.
Also the intuitive user interface is much appreciated of course.

Pinterest is great because of its visual focus in shaping persistent entry points to digital collections. (Collaborative) pinboards are therefore also part of my engagement approach with a heterogeneous audience. Pinterest is popular also among librarians.

As a former academic, I also appreciate Citeulike (its groups for bibliographic references) and scribd (its collections of documents).

Positioning Facebook and LinkedIn.
When using a three level (civic participation) skills framework with user levels: junior & followers (90 % of population), professional (9%) and leader (1%),

• Facebook features cater to juniors (ref. the games)
• LinkedIn features cater (also,primarily) to professionals
• Google+ features cater (also) to leaders

From best to worst.

1. Quora:Although I get pissed at Quora after every update for ruining the app. It is still the best social media platform by far. The people who write on here are great,and I enjoy contributing and looking at Quora more than I do those other sites.
2. Twitter:Twitter is a guilty pleasure for me,because it’s got a lot of idiots and trolls and it probably makes me stupider. But I use it a lot. I mainly use it to talk about sports and make the occasional wise crack,but that’s about it.
3. Facebook:Facebook’s fine. It’s okay. There’s nothing really great about it. Your Facebook experience depends on who you know in real life. I don’t like the people I know in real life,and I don’t really like the people I know in real life or care what they think,so I don’t use Facebook that much.
4. Instagram:I hate to sound like a grumpy old man,but I can’t stand Instagram. Everyone’s so self absorbed and egotistical,like those hip musicians with their complicated shoes. And this sounds completely irrational,but everyone is too happy on there and I can’t stand it.
5. VSCO:I’m not an attractive woman therefore I am not allowed to use it,but I think it has the same pretentious qualities as Instagram.
6. Snapchat:I haven’t used Snapchat and three years. I never really got the appeal to Snapchat,because as odd as it sounds I don’t care about people’s lunch. I know that social media is full of people posting the uninteresting things about their lives,but Snapchat is the worst offender.