Why I Love Social Media & Twitter

Let me start this off by saying that I enjoy social media. In fact, I'm quite addicted to it as I'm not very social in real life. Being the introvert that I am, and an online business owner, I am very drawn to this whole online social media "thing". It keeps me sane as I go several days at a time without any real interaction other than my 2 kids and husband. I know, sad isn't it? ;)

Twitter is by far my social media tool of choice. I can follow and chat up who I want when I want. I can also sit back and just listen in on the conversations. Because I'm a loner like that.

Anyway, I started writing this post about things I didn't like about Twitter then I realized that some of the words I had written were words I wouldn't want to read if the situation were reversed so I changed this into a post professing my adoration for Twitter. Besides, I was most definitely overthinking and that never goes over very well. Either that, or I start to make absolutely no sense at all.

Reasons Why I adore Twitter

I love that I can connect with people from all around the world. It's very cool to be able to connect with people you probably never would have "in real life"/offline.

I love that my questions are answered almost instantly. Again, by a diverse group of people from all around the world.

I love that the majority of Twitterers are REAL & helpful on Twitter. What I mean by this is that they do not constantly blast me with selling/advertising.

For the most part, there is no popular crowd and even the "high profile" twitterers will engage in conversations with everyone. Of course, there are a few elite who do not do anything but tweet among their little groups and some who just throw out their own links all day long but to each their own I suppose. I can't really judge them because they may not like what I'm doing either.

I guess my only gripe is about those Twitterers who think they know everything. They are always right. You are always wrong. While it's very tempting to call people out I will not insert usernames here. That's just not me.

This post wouldn't be complete without sharing some of my favorite Twitter users. These people have made me think, given me advice, connected me to some great blog posts, inspired me, made me smile/laugh or just plain ole' engaged me while I was bored.

@freebies4mom, @momadvice, @unmarketing @chrisbrogan @mashable @problogger @neilochka @thriftymommy @casualeveryday @eMom

There are so many more but I can't name all of you!

Thoughts? Want to see what I'm up to on Twitter?