Sucking the Joy out of Twitter

I started out my experiment with social media by alienating a family member on  her blog. Then I progressed to sucking the joy out of Twitter for her. I joined Facebook and was horrified at pictures of mutilated animals and bored by stories about grandchildren, so I quit. Then the powers of Light changed Facebook. I joined again. Twitter changed and I got the hang of it. .

LinkedIn was my first venture into the social media forest. At first I enjoyed the chats and tips, but found at one time there were more than 400 comments on how many words a novel should have. There were some fights and rude comments on other posts, which led to reports of abuse. That was a good thing, but the threads I found seemed frequented by authors who self publish and some refused to rewrite or edit, so I left. Not before I'd met some very nice authors, though.

I began to buy ebooks about how to create interest in one's blog and how to use social media, SEO, and Amazon to advantage. I didn't learn a thing.

I started to amuse myself and not care so much what others posted.

If I live long enough I might figure this all out.