WHAT’S MY POSITION ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

THIS WAS THE STANDING HEAD of my weekly column in my first full-time newspaper job. It was in the early 1980s at The Valdese News, owned by The News Herald of Morganton and Park Communications.

By RAHN ADAMS

Cutting to the chase, I’m not a fan — of social media, that is. Never have been.

I know that “social media” can be broadly defined and include platforms other than the three or four that most smartphone owners and tablet users prefer. I’m referring primarily to Twitter/X, Facebook, and Instagram, the ones I’m most familiar with.

I’ve never used Snapchat or TikTok, and I don’t intend to. I’ve used YouTube for years, but I go there for the how-to and music videos, not for the inane comments from viewers. I recently logged onto Bluesky, but I know little about it, as in whether I like using it or not.

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