Social Media
Social media is going to drive me to drink. This blog used to be the only thing I had to keep track of, but in a fit of madness I have also gotten myself tangled up in Twitter and Tumblr. I’ve got 8 or so clients/apps on the go to try and find the best way to streamline things for myself, but they all seem to be missing something. Ping.fm seems promising, but I have the additional issue of having to manage multiple accounts within each platform on top of everything else.
Facebook is another complicated matter, as I don’t generally cross-post what I do here over there and vice versa. Myspace is a beast that I rarely tangle with, but I’ve got an account there too. Where to update? And when? I keep seeing advertisements for apps that consolidate your social media accounts so you can see them all in one place, but if we’re all cross-posting, that consolidation is going to be a mess of duplicated posts.
I feel this all building up into an avalanche of data that’s going to bury and smother us all. No wonder people are killing all their accounts.
May 7th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
its why i rarely even go to my social media these days never mind anyone else’s … its so freaky overwhelming and lately feels kind of pointless but maybe that’s the headspace i’m in … i culled back my blog reading to only include people i know or have met …
May 7th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
… i don’t want to be buried !!
May 7th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Yeah, I’m a little torn. There are elements that I really enjoy about Twitter and Tumblr, particularly with how Tumblr has introduced me to new blogs and also drawn some traffic here. I also like how Twitter has allowed me to reach a wider audience, but the volume of tweets can get overwhelming. Managing multiple accounts is also a huge pain in the arse.