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I have Facebook, but not Twitter

keith zimmerman, Normal IL

No Facebook, no Twitter, No interest!

Ed Moore in SW VA

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cliff

>enjoy the board here ,dont have time or interest in FB or Twitter seem to me like massive time wasters.

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Bill Youngblood

>All of the above plus no camera on my telephone. All it does is make phone calls.

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Steve Kubien

>I am on Facebook and Twitter and I like them both.

I have a personal FB account which I use to reconnect and keep in touch. I also have a page for my business (http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Green-Leaf-Wood-Studio/211173705080?ref=ts) where I show new work, announce specials/promos etc. Is is worth it? Well, FB accounts for 50% of my sales volume so far this year and approx. 35% of my sales between October and December. Oh, and I only did two shows in that time. So yes, it can work.

I use Twitter to post links to new products/offerings and whenever I post something new on my blog (yup, got one of them too). I also learn lots off of Twitter through links that others post.

Ellis, what is your Twitter ID? I would follow what you have to say.

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JamieDonaldson

>... a high tech chain letter, and I'm never going back there again! I signed on once last year and the next day I had 117 new friends, most of whom I had no idea who they were? Too much time sucked away from other more productive activities!

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russ faifield

>The modern world is obsessed with "quantity" rather than "quality". I may be old fashioned, but I would rather have one close friend who I know well and would trust my life to, than a multitude of people I hardly know at all. I have been a long-time participant in Wood Central, and I have met many people who I have come to know and respect; and I have formed a close friendship with a few of them, and that's good enough for me.

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Don at Central Illinois

>Facebook, to keep up with family and a few close friends. No twitter, I can't complete a simple sentence in less than 10 words!

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Dick Hines

>I don't Twitter. Really don't understand why people have to keep up with other every second of the day. I can go for days and not see or talk to anyone.

I opened a face book page a couple of months ago on the advice of a friend, a real one. I think I have been back to it once or twice since then.

I am old school. I do have a cell and much to my displeasure it has a camera. It was a free phone so I am stuck with it. I would have a dial phone if you could get around useing the touch tone pad when trying to get to a real person.

And I hate having to "push" 1 for English too.

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Jeff Brockett

>The world is moving towards the electronic age. With the speed of a lame dinosaur I am attempting to move with it. I am on Facebook, but limit my friend base and keep my profile hidden. To keep up with and attract the current generation to our craft we will have to accept the fact that Facebook and Twitter are the current "communication tools" of choice.

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Bill Turpin in WNC mountains

>Twitter-never. FB is too slow on dialup. E-mail or WC is much faster

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bill crommett

>Like a dinosaur being dragged tail first into the 21 st century, I have manged to grab hold of a good anchor about 1998, but now I am the throes of trying to understand how Widows 7 can possibly be an improvement on XP.

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bill crommett

>I am not on my seventh widow. I haven't even produced my first one yet.

Bumping this to see if thoughts have changed on this.

What is the question?

@Joe Fleming,

Ellis Walentine wrote:

**SURVEY: The Ides of January***

Ellis Walentine

>Okay, folks, here we are in a whole new year, and it's time -- actually I'm a couple days late -- to unleash our first "Ides" survey of 2010. Since we're an internet-based publication, and, in light of the exploding popularity of "social networking" sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), I thought I'd kick off the new year with a question about these sites/services. Do you subscribe to one or more? Which ones? Do you use them on a regular basis? If so, why?

I have a Twitter account and am considering "tweeting" about new developments here at WoodCentral on a regular basis. I would like to get an idea of how many of you would be interested in something like that. Or, do you have any other suggestions as to how we can use available technology to bring you more news and information about woodworking, WoodCentral, or anything else.

Cheers,

Ellis