Would you use a personal aggregator that combined feeds from all those networks into one?
No way. :)
I use these services in different contexts.
When I'm relaxing and looking at Instagram, the last thing I want is a business article from LinkedIn or a political diatribe from Facebook.
In fact my primary problem with Facebook is that it tries to be everything to everyone.
Yes, Facebook tries to be everything to everyone. It kinda has to, more or less, for the sheer number of users.
Nilay Patel recently argued that Facebook is the new AOL, it's the portal of the 2010s. I think that is an apt description. I am using it yet also kind of just pining to drop it.
I also use it for groups and messaging. Somehow, Facebook groups are great. They're super simple, and they just work. The newsfeed on the other hand is completely broken.
Not OP, but no. I would never use an aggregator. I really don't want to view any of those services at the same time. They are all very different and require viewing at different times/different states of mind.
Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media
by ccvannorman on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @03:11PM
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I am the aggregator.
And I like it when it's tedious.
Yes, I would as long as it's a natural river in chronological order.
Not saying this is what people would want, but what if the aggregator shaped itself depending on what the person was doing, where they were, time of day, etc?
Re:A Teenager’s View on Social Media
by AndrewKemendo on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @11:20PM
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I'm older than you and I definitely don't want a one stop shop.
You might not want one but "our generation" has been building them for some time. It's even Peter Thiel's mantra.
Currently I use Facebook to see photos of my extended family, LinkedIn for work & sales, Instagram to keep up with my cooler friends, Twitter to see trending news, StockTwits to see investing ideas...
To me this is the future of social networking: many networks, each with a specialized purpose.