Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Social media is bad. Or is it?

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Stuff I use: I think I look for whatever provides more content than what social media it is.
* Various forums: Hobby discussions.
* YouTube: Current affairs (eg. Ukraine and China), plus infotainment. Comment fields often add information not in the video.
* Twitter: CNN Fear and Greed Index for USA stock trade timing. Mostly using it to clear out the portfolio of small stock positions.
* Imgur and Reaper: Image storing. Mostly pics for hobby reviews.
* RPG.net : RPG, miniature, and some game reviews.
* Kickstarter: Comment fields for helping and arguing. (:
* Facebook: Hobby fan groups. Posting pics and occasional fan stuff for games.

Twitter’s oddly useful as a lazy mini-blog. I’m using it to test out using the CNN Greed and Fear Index to “time” the market, although this really means to trim back on stocks I have small positions in, and buy stocks I might want. Market economics I’m interested in post there, so I’ll kill time reading their tweets when I’m in front of the computer in the morning monitoring the index. (The index only has a buy or sell signal once every three months. I find this keeps me from constantly wondering if I should be in the market!) Browsing other user’s tweets sometimes finds an interesting economic article, or topic worth flaming about. 😀

I also read manga on my tablet, and will look at artist twitter accounts to download far more art as wallpapers for my tablet than I will ever need. 😛

Stuff I don’t:
* Discord: Seemed like more of a chat room. Haven’t found one that added content I didn’t have elsewhere.
* NextDoorNeighbor: Should use this more often to keep track of local services I may need for our houses. Too many comments questioning the IQ of my neighbors, though. 😛

CNN Fear and Greed Index: https://www.cnn.com/markets/fear-and-greed
“Following the CNN Fear and Greed Index” twitter: @ced1106
RPG.net : https://www.rpg.net/reviews/search-review.phtml?reviewerName=chin&orderby=category&showinfo=publisher

Hmm… Did I already suggest ChatGDP, AI art sites, and other AI for hobby and serious use as another topic? 😀