Ariel Levy Quotes

I'm not a Facebook/Twitter gal, but my husband is.

I hit Instagram and Twitter as soon as I wake up. And then I check my texts and emails. It's funny that I check social media before I check my email.

I've never been the type to be on social media all the time.

I don’t tweet for a very simple reason, which is that I drink.

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.

A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they are to actually go out. They just really want to get a picture to post to their buddies, and that's about it.

I'm being hypocritical because I have a Twitter, but I try to not talk about things like, 'Oh, I had a grapefruit this morning and it was delicious,' because, who cares?

I spend a lot of time on social media, I'm on Facebook every day; I'm on Twitter every day.

When we look at social media, we really look at it on a continuum, and the continuum is from accumulation to instant expression.

The fact that there's people out there that care about what I'm eating for breakfast or care about a tweet that I posted in 2012 that they pulled up because they were searching on my Twitter and things like that - it's hard to understand, because it's just me, and I just think, 'What's so interesting about me?'

Twitter, Instagram - I don't do it at all.

Now that I have joined Instagram, I think I'm on it less than before. Earlier, I used to be there all the time. I'm enjoying it because it's where you have complete control on what you're putting out, as you want it. I don't feel there's a compulsion to be active.

I do have Instagram, but I try to avoid going on it too much. Some people are very good at how they use it, and they enjoy that interaction, but I want to be very careful.

When you're young and search your name on Twitter to see what everyone is saying about you, which everyone does when you're young… it was one of those things I had to get on with.

I think social media is a great tool if you use it the right way.

We're all getting in trouble on Twitter - just get off and use your Instagram.

I don't read social media.

I can tweet before going to bed at midnight or 1 and know that they're up and at 'em, and they're going to have to respond.

I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.

The future is in photos for social media. More and more people are not reading, so I try to attach a photo to most Tweets.

Sometimes I'll write a tweet that I'll just be like, 'Why do I have to say this to all of these people?' It's like writing a Facebook status: it's the same. I view tweeting as like writing a Facebook status. Remember when we used to write statuses?

I don't have a Twitter or a Facebook, but that doesn't mean I'm any more productive than the rest of the world.

The first thing I do is I check my emails and my texts. I guess I shouldn't feel guilty about it at this point; it's kind of the norm. Sometimes I'll bounce around Twitter. And if I have time, I'll catch up on the news, usually on 'Huffington Post' or 'Salon.'

In the Digital Age, recorders also tend to be oversharers, and with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest, they can do so on a grand scale.

I've stayed away from Twitter for a long time because I sort of didn't trust myself with such an intimate but very public way of relating to the world, but I feel like I've studied it enough.