Social Media Trends I Can Live Without
I'm on board with social media. I'm on Facebook to connect with people who might like to read my books. I joined Twitter way back in its infancy because I thought the idea of following celebrities was cool. I have since decided that's not as cool as I thought, but I've discovered some amazing stuff on Twitter. And I joined Goodreads because I like to read, and I like to hear what other people are reading. But I've noticed some trends I can live without on all three sites.
On Facebook, I set up a Julia London fan page. If you come over and like me, you should know that I am going to tout my own books. I am hoping you have read me and want to read more, or you haven't read me, but you are interested. So far, its been great and everyone who likes me gets that, I think. But every once in awhile, an aspiring, or self-published, or brand new author, comes over and, under the guise of saying hi to me, manages to put in a plug for her book. Now, I don't mind promotion, obviously. But I sort of wish these authors would email me and say, hey, can you plug my book? It just seems odd they would hijack my page without at least asking.
Twitter. Sheesh. I dropped Kirstie Alley after a couple of days because she FLOODED my timeline with some really inane tweets. But what is kind of bugging me now is tweeters who like to gain followers by tweeting during an important event, like, say, The Bachelor. 
. Jennifer Weiner started this, and she was clever to do it. Susan Mallery tweets Project Runway. But then, everyone started getting in on the act and tweeting those shows, so my timeline fills up with people trying to be really witty about the very same thing. It loses its punch. And I'm not going to follow you because I already follow someone who tweets that show. Yes, I could turn off the TV or the computer and ignore this, but why do that when I can whine about it?
Goodreads: A lot of readers on Goodreads are also authors, which makes senses. But I have noticed a lot of authors want to be my goodreads friends so they can tell me about their latest book. They send me emails and say, "So and so thought you might like this book: An erotic paranormal historical ebook." And it happens to be written by So and So. Well, no, So and So. I will not like that book, because as you can see in my list of two hundred books, I do not have any erotica, or paranormal, or straight-to-ebooks listed. You don't see them listed because I don't enjoy those books and I don't generally read them. So please don't friend me just so you can shill your books to me. I am not doing it to you. I'm not doing it at all, are you kidding? You might review me on goodreads. Hahaa!
Do you use social media? Have you noticed any trends that are bugging you? Who do you follow, friends and family, old classmates, or someone else?
