Social media sites just keep springing up from the ether like summer flowers, or weeds, depending upon how you view this proliferation. Still, the simplicity and immediacy of social media website, Twitter, and its cousin Jaiku, still have me hopelessly addicted above all others. You know that a “trend” has arrived when the pornographers, spammers, and scammers take up the cause. It seems that everyone who explores social media potential hangs out in Twitter at some point. Even my puppy, Little Poopers” has a Twitter account, as does a famous park in Philadelphia, and numerous other non-human entities. Apparently, having only one online social site identity is sometimes not enough to convey the many facets of our being. As in our non-mediated lives, we present ourselves in different ways that might be “off message” from our general persona. Alternately, we might want to create a more focused identity that serves to help us espouse a more targeted issue or opinion. For … [Read more...]