Susan Orlean Quotes

In our society, social media's so big in our lives. It's all over the place.

My two daughters live on Facebook, and social media is their mode of communication.

I often feel like Facebook is a giant friend portfolio, and sometimes it can be a much more socially appropriate way of contacting a person as compared with texting or telephone. And never mind the fact that it's integrated into the iPhone. Makes me crazy in a super good way.

Social media companies are a gold rush today, and time will tell if they survive. I have no use for them and can't see why people waste time on them. I much prefer physical meeting with true friends, so have never used the service.

Real social situations are taking a back seat to social media.

As a young adult, we all go through things now on social media. It's a part of our everyday lives.

Social media has changed our lives forever. Some continue to reject social media, refusing to become one of the sheep, but you just can't avoid it.

Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.

While the digital age has done so much to improve our world, it has dramatically changed our social structure, often further isolating us from each other.

The framing of how we relate to each other within and across social media platforms will continue to become more sophisticated and nuanced in their expression of how we structure our relationships in our real world lives.

Facebook has woven itself into the fabric of our lives and the foundation of the Internet. I think everything will be redefined because people are using their real identities on the Internet.

I don't do social media of any kind. If I did, I may as well join Scientology.

Will the social networking phenomenon lessen? I don't think so.

I didn't get Facebook until I was maybe a junior or senior in high school.

I am of the bridge generation that remembers life before social media permeated everything but cannot imagine life without it now.

I'm not on Facebook, and I don't tweet, but I know plenty of people who love both.

My generation was born to work with social media - it's a natural part of our communication with the world.

I don't get Twitter or social media. I really don't understand it or read it. I see it as a distraction.

It's a new era with regard to social media. It's just something that we have to adapt to and accept.

I don't read social media.

I'm not into social media. I'm like from another century.

The use of the Internet, the use of Twitter, the way protest movements developed... This is a different world.

We can be incredibly disconnected in this day and age with computers and cell phones.

If I see what you're up to on Facebook but I don't see your updates on Flickr, I'll still care about Facebook.

Through social media, young people are constantly being pinged about a whole slew of potentially better matches or social activities.