Floss Tube

Facebook was the first of the social media platforms to dig into the blogging audience. But I have always thought of my Facebook as a place where I connect with my grad school buddies. Sure my college friends are on there and I'm even friends with some high school friends--and even some of you. I've joined a couple of stitching groups, but always seem to drop out of them again because I feel like I am being bombarded in a place where I want to make inside jokes and annoy the fuck out of my mother. (It's her fault; I was there first!)

Twitter didn't make much of an impact, I think, on blogging. Mostly because bloggers predominantly used it to promote their posts, and if you're subscribed, what do you need someone's tweet for? (I'm there too, but that's my angry political space.)

Instagram stole away a large portion of the audience since what bloggers do is share photos of our work and (oftentimes struggle to) write a few paragraphs. With Insta, you didn't have to do the struggling. Pop up the photo--make sure it's a good one!--and say just a few words.

I've been aware of vlogging for a while now--my god, the whole enterprise started the first year I had my blog!--but in our house, it's alwasy been so intrusive to watch. Usually I'm on one couch stitching and the dude is on the other reading. Watching videos online is always a balancing act. Sometimes the dude asks if he can watch footie highlights or I'll watch a clip of the twins my sister posts.

And then I got sick...in a house where the Roku stopped working. We never bothered to get the wireless doohickey for the smart TV, so when that went...{sad trombone}. Then I was all like...doesn't Vonna (Twisted Stitcher) vlog?

I have been watching her back catalogue for the past two days while I stitch. And all of a sudden, I'm subscribed to half a dozen channels. Don't worry about me abandoning this blog--first of all, it's ancient and I love it. Secondly, I'm a text based person. I have all these mad writing skills!

I stitched on Waldorff today. And since it's black fabric the photos will be better tomorrow. Come back then!

Twitter

Several years ago, a woman I know told me that Twitter was going to be over soon. Later, around the time the dude joined Twitter, I figured if it didn't implode right then, I should work harder at it (for the animal rescue I volunteer with as well as having it in my back pocket for the job thing). I have a sort of half-assed list of people I follow, and I'm sure I could do better. I'm asking your help.

However, I don't want to follow people who only push links to their Instagram account or their blogs or both. I don't think it's wrong; in fact you should push your other posts, but you definitely have to do more than just push your other social media to entertain me.

Also, if the account is all links to long form, I can't be bothered to click through. The dude uses Twitter as an aggregator but I try to limit the things I read on my phone (and I do Twitter exclusively on my phone).

Stitchers, crafters, funny people, funny people pretending to be animals (I think the dude follows a goat.) (No, I just checked; it's an owl.) Tell me, where's the good stuff?

I'm terrible at Twitter myself, but you can find me @stitchbeetch.