BellaOnline Forums Computers Blogs & Social Networking Getting consumed by online socializing?

I agree about the BellaOnline forums - there are so many topics, and I have so little time. There are so many great people on these forums that it's difficult to pull away and get articles written.

I am only on Twitter for a few minutes a day, mostly to mention my articles or blogs, but I know others who go in and out all day long. Any of the social media sites can be time wasters if we don't use them wisely (she says as she talks to herself).

Very true! Any of the new media can become addictive. Including the BellaOnline forums (everyone is so nice). :-)

Lol, that's me...going in and out of twitter all day!

Mind you, I do follow some very interesting and engaging people who have interesting and engaging outlooks on different topics such as politics and my favorite topic - breaking news!

I also update my readers with what I'm working on, new titles to write to and new sites.

I don't bother with any social networking except twitter now (& Bellaonline of course!)

We twitter our lives away..... here and there.

I chuckled a second ago. Twitter had too many tweets and it said to try again later.

Too many tweets - that's a hoot.

I use Twitter as a promo tool any time I write an article, so I would write "New hair recipe for rosemary shampoo" when I was all done with it and had it online (I'd include the link). But I don't put minute by minute updates of when I'm actually testing the shampoo or writing the article. I wait until it's done and there's something for people to read.

I have six Twitter accounts now I think and try to update each one once a day at least, with a new URL of information for people to read. I like to provide things to help people, rather than updates on what transient thing I'm going.

I have Twitter update Facebook, so that's all automatic. I rarely actually go into Facebook or MySpace.

I do hang out in the forums here quite a bit but I consider that educational. I learn a TON of things here and for example my conversion to microfiber towels (recommended by people here) is saving me money! So there are a ton of money saving things I learn by talking on the fourms. Cleaning tips, organizing tips, you name it. So I consider this my free team of experts to help organize my life!

That's funny lol ! I also use Twitter to update Facebook and dont actually go there much if at all - I find it a hassle to keep having to log in.

However I do use a mixture of articles,links And everyday updates - some vet twitterers swear by the little minute by minute tweets!

I now also have Twitter uodate my Writing Business website too:

I had to put a moratorium on my using Twitter a few months back - 'twas totally addicted. Now I use Facebook almost exclusively and am enjoying that a lot more.

When I return to wanting to promote my work, I am sure I will use Twitter again, but for right now, I like just finding out what my family and friends are up to, not the hundreds of strangers I network with on Twitter.

I have really done a 180 on Twitter! lols.

Oh, and Lisa, it's all what you find interesting. I enjoy the slices of life tweets that people do MUCH more than links to articles. I want to hear about the daily lives of people I like - makes me feel closer to them, a part of what they are up to. :-)



I totally agree on this! A vast, free life coach! Between the Bellaonline forums and the RV forums I use, I have access to a tremendous resource on getting everything in my life in order. Something just not possible just a short while ago. How did people ever figure things out before?? lol