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I don't do social media. No twitter, facebook, instagram, snapchat, or what have you.

 

This^ I just don't find people I don't know that interesting.

 

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I don't do social media. No twitter, facebook, instagram, snapchat, or what have you.

 

This^ I just don't find people I don't know that interesting.

But what about the people you do know? ;)

 

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Facebook and Twitter. Twitter has become mostly noise but I use Facebook for keeping in touch with actual friends and family who live far away - I love it for that.

 

Reddit is my goto site for staying in touch with what's going on in the world with pop culture. Being a teacher it's a benefit to keep up to date with pop culture to a certain extent. You don't want to be that old guy who is totally out of touch.

 

I'm friends with a bunch of ex-students on FB and it is pretty cool seeing pictures of weddings, kids, etc. In the old days you just never knew what ever happened to them, now it's pretty cool seeing my kids all grown up, starting careers, families, etc.

 

I've never understood the disdain for social media by us older folks. It really is an efficient way to stay connected to people who would otherwise fade away from memory.

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I'm 27. Deleted my twitter last year.

 

It's just noise after a while. If I want to know something, I can look it up.

 

 

Bingo. This Place is as much drama as I can get away with. I'd be a raving lunatic on book of faces or instachat if I had to read and reply to some of these fringe political propaganda spewers. ( both fringes ). Not to mention how much darker my outlook on humanity would be if I actually read their thoughts. I'd be stock piling nato rounds not golf balls. So it's better for my mindset that I don't.

 

And calling this place social media is like calling my kids big wheel a motorcycle. It's really not the same thing.

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Twitter: I use it for the sports alerts on various pages but I don't "tweet"

 

Instagram: Using it more in 2016, follow various Pros/Celebs and of course hot girls because I am a dirty old man at 44!

 

FB: Pretty frequent user for recipes and NSFW humor with my friends. Have < 350 friends on there.

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Don't use any social media, except Golfwrx. Don't intend to use any. I wouldn't have a cell phone, had I not found out the hard way, that pay phones don't exist. (I locked myself out of the house four years ago.) I keep a Tracphone in the car, for an emergency, BUT, keep it shut off.

 

Anyone needs to get in touch with me, can call the golf course.

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OP: "Hey guys, looking for some golf social media profiles to follow! Help me out?"

 

GolfWRX: [turns up nose] "Social media? Psh. Kids these days..."

 

Nice.

 

OP, here are my faves

 

Twitter: @z_blair (great course photos, architecture), @GCTigerTracker, just being hopeful....lol

Snapchat: @jlThomas34, @rickiefowler15 (both post a lot of cool behind the scenes stuff from Tour life)

Instagram: danadahlquist, ggswingtips, any of your favorite individual players

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OP: "Hey guys, looking for some golf social media profiles to follow! Help me out?"

 

GolfWRX: [turns up nose] "Social media? Psh. Kids these days..."

 

Nice.

 

OP, here are my faves

 

Twitter: @z_blair (great course photos, architecture), @GCTigerTracker, just being hopeful....lol

Snapchat: @jlThomas34, @rickiefowler15 (both post a lot of cool behind the scenes stuff from Tour life)

Instagram: danadahlquist, ggswingtips, any of your favorite individual players

I forgot about Blair, he's awesome, TheBuckClub (his course project in Utah) is good too. Blair and the guy(s) from FriedEgg are doing a little collab which should be pretty cool.

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OP: "Hey guys, looking for some golf social media profiles to follow! Help me out?"

 

GolfWRX: [turns up nose] "Social media? Psh. Kids these days..."

 

Nice.

 

OP, here are my faves

 

Twitter: @z_blair (great course photos, architecture), @GCTigerTracker, just being hopeful....lol

Snapchat: @jlThomas34, @rickiefowler15 (both post a lot of cool behind the scenes stuff from Tour life)

Instagram: danadahlquist, ggswingtips, any of your favorite individual players

I forgot about Blair, he's awesome, TheBuckClub (his course project in Utah) is good too. Blair and the guy(s) from FriedEgg are doing a little collab which should be pretty cool.

 

I really hope he gets The Buck Club off the ground! Looks like it'd be awesome

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My favorites are GolfGuru (Mark Crossfield), Peter Finch Golf, and absolute favorite is Rick Shiels.

 

I agree with these

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Some good ones on here so far. I'll add to those already mentioned with some of my favorites:

 

IG: radargolfpro (Jeff Smith), scottcowxcertified, andrewricegolf, jamesridyard, swashputting

 

Twitter: oraclerio (Ryan Chaney), kirkoguri, andrewricegolf, jamesridyard, swashputting

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Bringing this back to life - who are the best twitter follows these days? More interested in the PGA TOUR/LPGA/Course stuff...not so much on swing tips or product reviews.

 

No Laying Up guys do good work, same with The Fried Egg...Then there's your Shane Bacon, Jason Sobel, Kyle Porter, Sean Martin, Kevin Van Valkenberg. Anyone else?

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I just use FB for family (they're scattered and far away) and a few very close friends. Anything golf related is YouTube and a couple of podcasts.

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does porn hub count?

 

I don't do social media. No twitter, facebook, instagram, snapchat, or what have you.

 

aughhhh this forum is social media.... so yes you do

No. It’s a sport fan site.

 

To classify this scocial media in today’s meaning is to say that a piper cub is a space shuttle. Both fly. But both are not the same.

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does porn hub count?

 

I don't do social media. No twitter, facebook, instagram, snapchat, or what have you.

 

aughhhh this forum is social media.... so yes you do

No. It's a sport fan site.

 

To classify this scocial media in today's meaning is to say that a piper cub is a space shuttle. Both fly. But both are not the same.

 

Not to pick a fight and BH I typically feel like I agree with you, but the definition below from Merriam Webster sounds an awful lot like this site. And like it or not social media is how tons of information, news and communication takes place in today's society. It has definitely weathered the "it's a fad" stage of existence - being blanket anti-social media is like saying I would rather wait for the paper tomorrow morning to see scores - no need to learn how to use that new fangled internet...

 

Also, I have never understood answering "Who knows any good social media follows?" With "I don't have social media". I am genuinely curious what the mindset is behind those posts. As if a random internet stranger cares whether you post food pics to instagram or pictures of your kid on facebook.

 

Anyways...the Merriam Webster definition of social media:

Forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content

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does porn hub count?

 

I don't do social media. No twitter, facebook, instagram, snapchat, or what have you.

 

aughhhh this forum is social media.... so yes you do

No. It's a sport fan site.

 

To classify this scocial media in today's meaning is to say that a piper cub is a space shuttle. Both fly. But both are not the same.

 

Not to pick a fight and BH I typically feel like I agree with you, but the definition below from Merriam Webster sounds an awful lot like this site. And like it or not social media is how tons of information, news and communication takes place in today's society. It has definitely weathered the "it's a fad" stage of existence - being blanket anti-social media is like saying I would rather wait for the paper tomorrow morning to see scores - no need to learn how to use that new fangled internet...

 

Also, I have never understood answering "Who knows any good social media follows?" With "I don't have social media". I am genuinely curious what the mindset is behind those posts. As if a random internet stranger cares whether you post food pics to instagram or pictures of your kid on facebook.

 

Anyways...the Merriam Webster definition of social media:

Forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content

 

 

lol...yep .. dont want to really "argue" either..but my bolded above was meant to suggest that the actual definition and todays use isnt same same....

 

agree to disagree

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Facebook and Twitter. Twitter has become mostly noise but I use Facebook for keeping in touch with actual friends and family who live far away - I love it for that.

 

Reddit is my goto site for staying in touch with what's going on in the world with pop culture. Being a teacher it's a benefit to keep up to date with pop culture to a certain extent. You don't want to be that old guy who is totally out of touch.

 

I'm friends with a bunch of ex-students on FB and it is pretty cool seeing pictures of weddings, kids, etc. In the old days you just never knew what ever happened to them, now it's pretty cool seeing my kids all grown up, starting careers, families, etc.

 

I've never understood the disdain for social media by us older folks. It really is an efficient way to stay connected to people who would otherwise fade away from memory.

 

But what is it you're really getting from it? Sure it's neat I suppose once in a while to see a picture of an old student, but when you say connected, are you really connected? Do you really ever go and ask them a specific question about how they are doing? Or is it simply, "Joe posted this today"? because if it's the latter, it's not really a connection, it's simply someone talking about themselves and you were among those allowed to read it. There's no connection there. Just a news item in a different form.

 

but now thanks to that people think you want a Christmas card that reads the same way. And how many of the "friends" you have would really do anything more than type "thoughts and prayers"(which is simply another way of them saying "don't forget about me") if you were to say you were sick or someone in your family is on your deathbed? How many would actually step up and try to do something for you.

 

The disdain comes from the fact that what a lot of people now think is friendship is nothing more than somewhere between being acquaintances, and "we let the other tell us stuff unsolicited." I'd rather have 5 good friends than any number of Facebook friends.

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