So what should we celebrate today? I have made some lovely new friends through social media. I've always said my favorite part of Facebook was finding my grade school classmates whom I shared 2nd -7th grade with. I had a fun time with American Idol. I've enjoyed 90% of what you have posted on Facebook. I can't get enough of funny animal videos. No matter how many times you ask, I will not play Candy Crush.
I've had to defend social media a lot. There are a lot of mean-spirited people on social. For every dozen of them, there are a hundred uplifting, inspiring, entertaining wonderful people. I wish I had watched the Oprah episode where Ashton Kutcher taught her how to use Twitter. As Pinky on the Pulse, I pride myself on jumping on the bandwagon, even if 100 million people were ahead of me. I'm still finding my way in social media as a profession. I like to joke that social media is like Seinfeld. It's really about nothing and I enjoy nothing very much. I'm good at nothing!
Have I run out of things to say? You betcha. I just signed up for a beta publishing site on Hootsuite that will say things for me because I cannot think of enough things to say. Certainly this is not new in social Media. Content is King or Queen or a Ninja, something like that. The 100 million people ahead of me already said the good stuff, although I am taking credit for the words: "Tweetchless: lack of anything to tweet about." and "Lamecation: planning a vacation to an unlikely location." I like being able to write nearly anything I want without the proper use of commas. Social media must be an English teacher's worst nightmare. I apologize if you are grinding your teeth as you read this. If it's any consolation it really bugs me when people use they're, their and there wrong.
So Happy Social Media Day to You! Thanks for being part of my world.
