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MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
8. You might be surprised, actually.
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 03:33 PM
Oct 2015

A lot of people don't use social media on any sort of regular basis. I'm one of those. I have a Facebook account, a Twitter account, and a LinkedIn account. I use the Facebook account to keep in touch with my friends and family only. I have the Twitter account to have improved access to Twitter, but rarely use Twitter and never post there. My LinkedIn account is only used to keep in touch with former professional associates. Now that I'm working exclusively on my own, I don't use it much, unless I get a notification about someone I know.

I know many, many people like myself who don't bother with social media, but have accounts they sometimes use for specific reasons.

Go look at random Facebook and Twitter accounts. Most of them have almost no traffic at all.

Confirmation bias is a dangerous thing. You may enjoy social media. That doesn't mean that everyone is like you. Not at all.

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