Social Networking
I am yet to see The Social Network movie (babysit, anyone?) but I’m dying to. From the time I discovered Facebook, I adored it. It was almost like it was made for someone like me, who is emotionally close, but geographically distant most of the time. I’ve always been much more of a computer geek than a telephone drone, so I’d found the perfect vehicle to keep in touch with everyone in one place. Don’t get me wrong, I loathe all those farm/garden/zombie/vampire apps my contacts often play on, but I can hide those from my feeds, and whatever floats your boat anyway, some people don’t like spilling their lives into a blog (imagine!) so I get it. I like updating my status, and I like “liking” and I can even like my own status. Who are you calling a narcissist?
Then there is Twitter. I didn’t start on that until just after starting this blog a couple of months ago. It made me confused and crotchety, though my close family and friends would tell you that is just the way I am all the time. Twitter just seemed to be a bunch of people in a room shouting at one another, and I didn’t see the point. Slowly though, new connections were forged, and I started to figure it out.
The beauty of Twitter is that you can shout at anyone in the room. If you want a particular person to be in that room, you simply follow them. I was dissatisfied with Pudding’s experience at the Halloween Dress Rehearsal at The Disney Store, but instead of taking that message to a nonchalant call centre operator, I could shout it publicly at the president of The Disney Store. The message that you take to the top? That is the message that gets listened to.
“@DisneyStorePrez Jim Fielding@spectrummymummy our events can accommodate many kids, but I am happy to hear more ideas”
Written by Spectrummy Mummy
October 28, 2010 at 7:13 am
Posted in autism
Tagged with asd, asperger's, autism, Autism spectrum, Autism Spectrum Quotient, Facebook, Online Communities, Social Network, Twitter
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You go girlfriend!
(or am I too white to pull that off?) LOL
fiona2107
October 28, 2010 at 7:17 am
I think you can get away with it, but only because I’m whiter than you! 🙂
Sectrummy Mummy
October 29, 2010 at 10:29 am
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October 28, 2010 at 8:18 am
That is so cool! Good for you!!!
Laura
October 28, 2010 at 8:34 am
Thanks Laura- hope to hear you shouting on the day too!
Sectrummy Mummy
October 29, 2010 at 10:30 am
How do I “like” this? 🙂 Awesome post.
Becky
October 28, 2010 at 9:44 am
Thank you- I’m not always quite so militant!
Sectrummy Mummy
October 29, 2010 at 10:30 am
fantastic. I will not be quiet either on that day. looking forward to “seeing” you online on nov. 1st
akbutler
October 28, 2010 at 9:57 am
Looking forward to it! 🙂
Sectrummy Mummy
October 29, 2010 at 10:31 am
Ok, I want to know how you can hide the endless facebook apps!! 🙂
Laurie
October 30, 2010 at 12:46 am
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