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Hi, everyone! This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today's video, I'll share my thoughts on why I LOVE Twitter.   You may have already seen my video on why I quit Facebook.  That was many years ago.  But about a year ago, my husband started reading me funny things from his Twitter feed, so I decided to sign up and now I have a full-blown Twitter addiction.  It's bad enough that I have to have self-imposed rules about when I can look at Twitter, for how long, and what things I need to have accomplished before I indulge myself.   THE BASICS So, basically, I started by following a bunch of my favorite comedians.  Then I added a bunch of authors whom I respect and whose opinions I value.  From there, I basically decided that my favorite tweets were insightful commentary on current political news events and so I follow actors, directors, journalists, statisticians, activists, politicians, social media influencers, professors,...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and today I'm going to talk about why I quit Facebook.  I joined Facebook back in the early days and was immediately delighted by the ability to instantly contact people from different eras of my life.  I never posted much, but I was a promiscuous friend acceptor -- accepting requests even from people I couldn't place immediately. My rationale was that my memory is terrible, so I probably knew them, right?  I soon amassed hundreds of friends -- each from different eras of my life. Which brought me to my first problem: Diversified Audience  - I believe strongly in tailoring my message to my audience. This might sound inauthentic, but I believe that it is easier to build understanding by first establishing common ground.  For me, there were too many disparate groups among my Facebook friends. I grew up in a rural, conservative area -- and as a result many of my high school friends hold v...