Favourite Social Media Channel

Another title I have almost no idea where to start with.  Oy...

I regularly use a triumvirate of Social Media channels: Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr - I prefer to tumbl anonymously though, some of you reading will know my name (and indeed my url) and it isn't that hard to find me if you really think about it.  I use them for different things though, so it's hard to pick one out of these three.  I don't really use YouTube really that often, have no idea about Pinterest, I'm not registered on Google+, and since there still isn't a Windows Phone App, I don't use Instagram (I have some picture editing software for my 'Instant Pictogram' album on Facebook, but that's it.)  I don't subscribe to that false hipster aged photo thing really, and I haven't done any new ones for ages.  Perhaps it's time that I did.  BUT I DIGRESS.  A long time ago, at the behest of my first girlfriend, I had a MySpace page... But I don't talk about that anymore.  I vaguely recall talking about it very recently, so we'd best not chance it by talking about it any more.

So let's dance.  What is it about Facebook and Twitter?  Could I choose one?  Do I have to/  Of course I don't.  This is my blog, and my rules.  They fulfill different purposes though, and that's why I can't decide.  I use Facebook for my pictures, and staying in touch with people a little more directly - I know I owe letters and I should really just sit down and write them but I keep forgetting and I am SORRY but I promise to start again.  Of course, I self promote terribly (I am also at self-promotion, but that is tied into my poor self esteem, OF COURSE), with events set and people invited for my recitals and formerly my curry nights; and naturally, links to almost every published blog I write.  Facebook is much more of a public face than anything else with my identity on the Internet, and I filter it accordingly.  There's definitely less in the way of vulgarity; I have a huge range of friends and I don't know all the time who's watching or following my statuses (stati?) &c, so I'm usually pretty careful.  I've even become more aware of my audience here, and swear far less than I used to, unless I have a particular point to make in that particular way.  Sometimes, bad language is the answer.  Facebook, for all it's timeline changes and ridiculous 'like' pages, still keeps me connected to people from School, from University, and naturally, quires and places.  I'm easily trackable through my Facebook, because I'm quite happy to have people contact me directly.  If people want to get hold of me, they have the option to do so, straight up.  I'm usually always on Facebook if I'm connected to the internet as well, so it's pretty easy to get hold of me in real time as well.  As long as I remember to reply. 

As for Twitter, it's much more instantaneous.  My language is much, much worse as a rule.  Yet more shameless blog promotion, cool, but Twitter allows me to follow all sorts of people that I don't on Facebook.  I still keep my regular Webcomic round, and I follow all the creators on Twitter.  Artists such as Chris Yates is a particular favourite of mine, and I can't wait until I have some disposable income to spend on his amazing bafflers!, which really push the envelope of puzzling.  Every now and again I 'livetweet' an event - and endless stream of updates about whatever situation is unfolding (such as the Olympic Games opening ceremony).  It's something that wouldn't really be possible on Facebook, I feel that Twitter moves much quicker, even though everything stays there for, well, ever!  For me, Facebook is a bit more serious.  Saying that, however, I help run Truro Cathedral's Twitter account, putting up details of the daily services alongside the official Communications Officer at the cathedral Office handling press-involved matters as well.  Remember kids, on my twitter, all my views are definitely my own (just like they are here), and do not in any way shape or form reflect those of any institution that I may have been or continue to be part of.  Phew.

And tumblr?  Don't even go there.  I don't even use my real name there (but what's in a name?), but I guess if you look hard enough you can find it.  Oh I already said that...

At a push, I suppose I just can't call a favourite!  I told you before, I'm not indecisive, I'm bad at making decisions.  The big three are my way through the social side of the internet - People that I know, endless raging tirades, and the source of cat pictures for ever. 

That's all.  For now.