Social Media Management Tools

Let me start off with saying, I'm pretty familiar with social media.

I have (or had at some point in my life) accounts with:

1. MySpace
2. Facebook
3. Google Plus
4. Instagram
5. Twitter
6. Pinterest
7. Blogspot
8. YouTube
9. Flickr

Therefore, I am pretty compentent with social media. I also learned a whole lot this past year as I did an extensive project for one of MLIS classes, specifically about social media and their privacy policies. After learning about what these organizations can do with your information, it's a little concerning.

Hence why I deleted my Twitter account, and updated the privacy settings of my other accounts. I think once I become a "real" librarian and have more of a public face, I might go about making my accounts even more private than they currently are. Additionally, I'm not a regular poster on my social media accounts. Once in a while I upload a pic to Instagram and Facebook but other than that (oh and Pinterest I go crazy sometimes) I'm more of a consumer of social media than a 'poster'.

For this Thing, I decided to download Hootsuite, even though I have little intention of using it.
I chose this mainly because I have a friend who used to work for Hootsuite and it made me curious what this was all about.

After going through the app I came to this conclusion: excellent app for a buisness or professional. Also, if you have many social media accounts and you are prolific poster, then again, a huge time saver. It's user friendly, quick and efficient. All very good things in the age of immediacy.

I would definitely consider using it if I was in charge of social media as a Community Librarian where that was required. I like how your message or photo is automatically distributed.

Overall, neat app to look into, but not necessarily applicable to my life currently. I prefer to be private.