Social Media: Is It For You?

Holly Hibner, MLISwww.slideshare.net/hhibner

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What is Social Media?

Just about anything connecting information and people

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Who Uses Social Media?

• Businesses• Non Profits • Hobbyists• Researchers• Genealogists• Collectors• Bargain hunters• Job Hunters

Your Personal Profile

Just because someone asks doesn’t mean you have to share!

•Be appropriate

•Share what you’re comfortable with people knowing

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Your Personal Profile

Personal Profile Tips

• Limit descriptions that identify you• Use separate email account• Know workplace policies• Consider your audience

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Social Media Issues

• Privacy & Safety • Copyright• Add friends you know personally• Read Privacy Policy

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General Internet Safety

• If it looks too good to be true it probably is.• Be suspicious of those who asks for money.• Separate personal life from work life.• Have separate emails for work, personal and

shopping or “junk.”

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• Newsfeed• Status updates• Friends• Pages

• Share links, photos, videos

• Games, quizzes, other applications

Privacy Settings• Read and ask questions before

committing to anything!• Don’t share too much even if you have

nothing to hide• “Opt out”

Google Plus

• Similar to Facebook• Follow people, they follow you• Circles = organize friends into groups to control

who has access to what content• Hangouts = places for group video chat• G+ is integrated into account creation for other

Google services, like Gmail

• Completely updated in 2012• Streaming music, video, games• Newsfeed• Trending topics/articles

• Share “tweets” in 140 characters or less• Personal profile limited to 140 characters• Share links• Content is public• Follow users who share your interests

Why would anyone use Twitter?

• Industry• Interests• Businesses • Gossip hounds• Technology • Networking• Learning

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• Collect pictures and videos• Pins are items you’ve added to your boards• Boards are ways to organize pins into

collections/topics• Pins link to the original item• Re-pin is to add someone else’s pin to your board• Followers and following• Can share your Pins on Twitter/FB (or not)

• Professional recruiting• Resume building• Job searching• Networking• Expanded services are available for $

• Profiles & Channels• Video sharing• Comments & Favorites• Public or Private• Learning

• Entertainment

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Social Reading Sites

• Share what you’re reading• Create book lists• Find out what your friends are reading• Read and write book reviews

•Social Bookmarking•Find web sites on a topic•Share your bookmarks with others•Tagging•Mobile app

• What’s popular online right now?• A “Digg” = thumbs up/positive vote• More thumbs up & shares = higher Digg score

= more popular• Share stories on Twitter & Facebook• No ads!• No commenting, no friending/following

• Similar to Digg, but commenting allowed• Vote on what’s good or what’s junk• Good votes make stories bubble to the top• Anyone with an account can submit a link• “Subreddits” are communities you can create

Stumble Upon

• Tell it what you like, it recommends similar pages

• You can follow people, and it will find you pages similar to what THEY like & dislike

• You can share links via Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, G+, etc.

• Share photos publicly or privately• Find images you can use in presentations, web

sites, etc.• Creative Commons

• Share presentations• Learn something new• School/conference presentations• Church: sermons, study groups, histories• Keep up with what’s new in your industry

• Read reviews of restaurants, stores, hotels• Write your own reviews• Get special deals• Follow your friends’ reviews

• Check in at places• Become the Mayor, sometimes win a prize• Tips about the places where you check-in• See where your friends hang out• Link to your Twitter and Facebook account• Safety: People know when you’re not home!

• Streaming radio• Create a “station” by typing an artist you like• Pandora plays similar music for you• Tells you about the artist

• Discover new music• Create playlists• Follow people• Share what you’re listening to on Twitter,

Facebook, your blog, your email…• Requires a software download

Holly HibnerPlymouth District Library

hhibner@plymouthlibrary.orgTwitter: @hhibner

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