My history of social media is long and checkered. Shortly after Facebook was founded at Harvard, it became apparent that the students were communicating via Facebook rather than email. So all the faculty and staff, including us librarians, were encouraged to join Facebook so that we could communicate with the students in their chosen venue. So I joined Facebook in something like 2005 or 2006. This way fine but by 2010 or so, the general population was joining Facebook and it became a problem. You see, I have a unique name. If you search it you immediately find me. There is one other person on the planet that shares my name and he is Germany. So many people found me and friended me. All people from my past and mostly people I had left in my past for a good reason. It was terribly hard for a person with anxiety not to friend someone when asked and even though I didn't want to. So, I had left Harvard and I simply left Facebook. Michael is still on Facebook, but not me. Free, after all these years.
So I went through eight years or so without any social media and that was fine. But I wanted to stretch my wings into something current so for a New Year's resolution in 2018, I opened an Instagram account. Now I follow about 60 people neatly divided between travelers and gay influencers. I enjoy Instagram, but really don't know how to use it. Instastories are a mystery to me and I enjoy watching other people's stories I have too many hangups to share more of my life on stories even if I could.
I also subscribe to about 20 or so Youtube channels, again, neatly divided between travelers and gay people. A few people don't fit in either group, but mostly everyone is in those two groups.
I don't subscribe to any genealogy Youtubers, if there are any, and only one genealogist on Instagram who is more of a friend. I do post genealogy photos on Instagram though. Especially gravestones.
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