Social Media

Since social media is all the rage nowadays, I thought I would provide a personal guide for choosing the right social platform to focus on. You are by no means entitled to follow this. *

*Note: social media can be very addicting. You have been warned.

Facebook is the place to start if you are new to the internet scene. Almost everyone has an account and it is a convenient way to connect with people you know, or stalk anyone you want to know. You will end up "friending" people you don't actually know in person nor ones that you care about, yet they will clog your newsfeed to no avail. Sorry.

Instagram is essentially Facebook for pictures. But these are artsy pictures, so be sure to: never look directly at the camera lens, keep a journal of song lyrics to use as captions and upload using the highest quality possible. Don't feel bad if your friend has 2000+ followers -- they're lying to themselves.

Twitter is for the individual with a fast-paced life. Updates are made in seconds, not minutes. It is the ultimate place for the fangirl but beware, fandoms can go batshit cray. Make sure to get your hashtags straight aka start googling now.

Blogs and a youtube channel are very different beasts altogether (I'm actually not even sure if they count as social networking but here we are). It involves exposing parts of yourself to the internet (hello, world)  and we all know nothing on the internet is private. Be prepared.

Tumblr, in all honesty, scares me. However, I do enjoy .gifs (short clips of moving images that repeat) and tumblr is full of them. From what I understand, it is like a blog but in pictures/videos but one that should be used by only the most advanced of social networkers as an in-depth understanding of internet memes and the latest social trends are necessary.

I realize there are more platforms of social media but these are the major ones I decided to touch upon. Let me know which one is your favorite in the comments below!