Social Media is an interesting thing. People are always interested in knowing what other people like or don't like. This is why sites such as Digg, Reddit, Newsvine, and Mixx are so popular. Of course, there's always information available that isn't so popular or mainstream. These sites could be used as tools to create popularity for information.
I can certainly see how useful these sites would be for use in the library. You never know when a patron is going to ask about a news story, and it's always a good idea to stay informed. Of course, gossip and jokes seem to be fairly highly rated on some of these, which is not surprising at all.
I think these are probably time-wasters in many ways. It's great fun, but we can get so bogged down in any of these sites, that we can completely lose track of what's going on locally or even in the building where we are sitting.
It's an interesting problem.
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