It seems like the Internet has been around forever, but, it’s a relatively new medium in the grand scope of communications. Yet, it is such a huge factor in how we interact with one another these days.
The first thing I do when I wake up is check my email. So much of our lives these days is about sharing online and there are so many different ways. Twitter and Facebook already seem second-nature.
Social Bookmarking is a great way to find, keep track of and share information that we perceive as interesting or newsworthy with our friends, family and the general world.
Social Bookmarking is constantly growing, especially lately with the advent of Pinterest, which I believe is pretty straightforward and easy to pick up. Now, when I want to pick out my favorite pair of boots or decide what color to paint my bedroom, I can create boards and share them with my friends all over to get opinions. They can add to my boards or re-pin anything of merit that they want to save or share. So many people now are exchanging recipes, quotes, and decorating tips. Companies have hopped on the bandwagon and gained a newfound audience. I find that it brings great traffic to my blog as well if my content is out there.
Some of the most popular Social Bookmarking sites are Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon, Delicious and Diigo. I like having focused content and the ability to see people’s opinions and ratings. It’s a streamlined way to get information you find pertinent, to keep and to share.
Being a bit of a social media junkie and pop culture afficionado, here are a few things I’ve bookmarked and shared lately:
Foods To Avoid When the Government Shuts Down is something I never thought I’d need to know.
For my dog loving friends, Cute Golden Retriever Loves to Listen to Guitar. This dog loves jammin’ but hates when the music stops.
After all this roaming around, you can Enjoy a Moment of Calm. This is one of my favorites as the days have becoming increasingly busy lately. Previously, I had to make a trip to the ashram for this.
Social Bookmarking helps us increase our network influence and expand our world and all the while still keep it manageable. That’s quite a feat.
I really don’t use any of those sites nearly enough!
What an interesting idea. I’ve never heard of this before.
I’m finally getting around to actually using some of the project ideas I’ve saved through social media. and of course will share them through social media when I’m done too!!
I’ll have to check this out. I didn’t think of the government shutdown either!
This is interesting. Stumbleupon is the only social bookmarking I presently use.
I keep telling myself to try those sites out! One of these days….
I need to start using these sites more.
I always am so grateful someone put them all together regular into websites. 🙂
I wish I could figure out reddit and google plus lol. I do share via Fb, Twitter and Pinterest though.
I need to do more of this!
This is such a cool concept!
Ooo some of these I totally never thought about!!
I know I am woefully behind in this. I try to remember Stumbleupon but I have done nothing with the others.
I definitely need to check out these sites!
I didn’t even think that we should avoid certain foods during the shutdown. I’ll definitely be reading up on that asap.
StumbleUpon is the only one I really use well. I need to work on using the others!
I save a lot of things on Pinterest that I want to re-visit later.
I always forget about SU unless it’s part of a giveaway! AGH! I should be there everyday.
I will have to check this out
I love the technology of social bookmarking. I remember clipping recipes, clothing and craft ideas, etc out of magazines and keeping them in a binder “back in the day.” Social bookmarking is much, much less messy!
That one about foods to check out when the gov’t shuts down sounds very interesting, and scary!
I think the only way I bookmark things anymore is by Pinterest!
I agree with you on that, social bookmarking definitely helps increase network reach.
I used pinterest and SU for all kinds of things I want to find again. I love that SU added the Lists feature.