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Are you on Social Media? :)

Marjo — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:18:07 GMT

Happy Friday guys!

As tomorrow, Saturday 30 June, is Social Media Day, I thought I'd ask you all which Social Media platforms you're using? Which ones do you enjoy the most or find most useful?

You can find a list of the most popular Social Media sites (20) here.

I'm occasionally on Facebook myself, however lately I've got into Instagram and been spending more time there. I like to post photos of my cats, flowers and other summer-related things and PC games. I was very late to Snapchat, but have recently discovered it and find it amusing for selfies with ridiculous filters. I use Pinterest sometimes to get visual inspiration for various things.

As you might know, O2 is also on Twitter and Facebook where you can catch up on recent happenings and also get help. On Twitter and Facebook, you can get support from O2, and of course on our Community here we have customer-to-customer support available. Have you checked out the rest of the channels yet (full list below)?

@ O2 on Twitter
@ O2Sports on Twitter
@ O2Music on Twitter
@ O2BusinessUK on Twitter
@ O2Careers on Twitter
@ GoThinkBig on Twitter
@ O2UK on Instagram
@ O2UK on Facebook
@ O2BusinessUK on Facebook
@ O2Careers on Facebook
@ GoThinkBig on Facebook
o2ukofficial on YouTube
@ O2UK on Snapchat
O2 Community - of course this needs mentioning on this list too

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Glory1 — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:34:42 GMT

I'm only on Facebook. But this is purely to save my games' progress when I move to a new phone. I do occasionally post but not very often. For some reason, loads of people want to friend me. I really can't work out why as I don't think I'm that interesting nor do I get about that much anymore and do any interesting activities.

Not interested in other social media sites. My days are full enough and if I'm going to chat online it'll be here on the forum where I've made some good friends and hope to make more the longer I'm a member. Not to mention the fact that conversation on the forum is far more interesting than any social media site 😉

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:04:28 GMT

I'm not actually on social media, other than community forums like this one. I did try Facebook once, but found it to be somewhat voyeuristic, so I abandoned it very soon after (they don't like you leaving though, do they :smileywink:).

I've often toyed with the idea of signing up to Twitter, but I'm shocked at the lack of moderation on that platform, with people seemingly allowed to post inappropriate content, and being generally offensive towards each other.

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:13:03 GMT

I use Facebook, Instagram & Twitter & facebook pages as I have a photography occupation

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Poppysmum — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:22:24 GMT

I am on here

Facebook and MSE

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Cleoriff — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:30:14 GMT

I only use FB and the O2 forum

I have a select number of friends on FB.... all known to me personally.

On my PC, FB has Messenger down the right hand side and I can communicate quickly without using separate apps.

I also belong to a F1 group on FB, where they discuss all things F1 (obviously).

I find that a great way to keep updated.

I don't use Twitter, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram or anything else.

As they say 'Time is Fleeting' (RHPS)

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Glory1 — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:54:30 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff for mentioning Whatsapp as I do use it to communicate with my friends. I send pictures and emojis for free, which I and my friends use a lot. I also Skype with friends in the US.

But in using Whatsapp and Skype I'm communicating with real friends who I know personally. The only online friends I want are here on this forum 😊

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Poppysmum — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:13:00 GMT

Same here i do use WhatsApp but thats mainly for sending pics and texting.

Dont use groups in WhatsApp just 1 on 1 lol

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Glory1 — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:26:40 GMT

@Poppysmum wrote:
Same here i do use WhatsApp but thats mainly for sending pics and texting.

Dont use groups in WhatsApp just 1 on 1 lol

I'm exactly the same @Poppysmum my messages are one on one. I can't remember the last time I used SMS to contact my friends, we all have smartphones. I only text via SMS to reply to a survey, usually O2, as it happens

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

ComaChameleon — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:07:29 GMT

@Poppysmum wrote:
Same here i do use WhatsApp but thats mainly for sending pics and texting.

Dont use groups in WhatsApp just 1 on 1 lol

omg...I hate groups so much!

Nobody seems to talk to each other eye to eye, instead sending whatsapp. The groups... Gosh, I'm in so many... Fire dept, work, old work, dutch course, youth fd, HazMat unit county, HazMat part north, admin-board FD, school...

I use Twitter and met many friends there who I met in person later and keep in touch on Facebook.

I also use instagram and some forums.

One friend I met on Twitter in 2009 (lives in the US) and we kept in touch visited me last december. We never called or cammed or something, we just wrote. And it was awesome!

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

pgn — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 22:31:40 GMT

Twitter (in search mode, mainly - traffic info, tech support, local events), Pinterest, Youtube (consumer,) and Instagram... Not into FB at all.

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Cleoriff — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 06:31:20 GMT

I forgot YouTube. I use that a lot...

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 08:33:06 GMT

@pgn wrote:
Twitter (in search mode, mainly - traffic info, tech support, local events), Pinterest, Youtube (consumer,) and Instagram... Not into FB at all.

Social media can offer many positives if used responsibly, and your use of Twitter is a good example of that. It’s great for sharing information in real-time, particularly in the kind of situations that you’ve described. But on a bigger scale, where the man in the street gets to have his say on some of the big issues, it’s not always a reliable source of information, hence all the “fake news” that is circulated.

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

pgn — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:10:15 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Social media can offer many positives if used responsibly, and your use of Twitter is a good example of that. It’s great for sharing information in real-time, particularly in the kind of situations that you’ve described. But on a bigger scale, where the man in the street gets to have his say on some of the big issues, it’s not always a reliable source of information, hence all the “fake news” that is circulated.

I don't understand those who use their Twitter timeline as a "blog" - I have seen a few who do.

As for the argybargy between those with opposing views on a subject, yes, that in itself means the Twittersphere is rife with opinion, not fact, and so is "fake news" generated...

Good points, @Anonymous.

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 16:33:22 GMT

I watch some stuff on Youtube (unboxings, some product videos for servers, networking gear and troubleshooting for the same) and have a profile on LinkedIn.

Dabbled with FB in 2007 but it bored me so got rid, never been tempted back.

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

pgn — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 17:37:31 GMT

I had not considered LinkedIn as a Social Network, now you come to mention it, @Anonymous.

As I am too tight to pay for it, perhaps it is yet another social network... 😏

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 17:47:11 GMT

@pgn

Nope, I don't pay the fee.

If a fee becomes mandatory and it's above 20 quid a year, I'm not paying it.

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

gmarkj — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 08:22:07 GMT

Bit late to the party (what a surprise), but I am on/use
FB
Twitter
LinkedIn
Whatsapp
YouTube

Used Snapchat for a while, but wasn't for me.
FB and Twitter use most days, but more to surf than to post. Same with LinkedIn. YouTube I only watch rather than post.

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Marjo — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:12:31 GMT

I used to be on Twitter every day some years ago when I was connected to a lot of different TV series fans around the world, and wanted to read all the spoilers of everything before episodes aired in my country. Some of my friends use Twitter like a newsfeed as they follow several newspapers there.

Oh yes @Glory1 that's a good point about game progress and FB - I also backup my progress there. It would be a nightmare otherwise!

@Glory1, @Poppysmum, @ComaChameleon I use WhatsApp on a daily basis and it's my main platform for communicating with my parents who are in a different country. Mostly one-to-one chat, but I do have a few group chats going on too. On WhatsApp are you able to mute group notifications one at a time or is it all or nothing?

Re: Are you on Social Media? :)

Glory1 — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:19:26 GMT

As I never use group chats I can't answer that one @Marjo.