Robyn Quotes

I've been an Internet person since early on, been a social media person since early on.

The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?

A lot of people are living their lives online in much more public ways with Facebook and Twitter.

I had never considered using a hashtag anywhere other than on Twitter, but now I'm inspired. Text messages have always seemed a little flat to me, so the murmuring Greek chorus of a hashtag might be a perfect way to liven them up and give them a bit of dimension.

I am on Facebook, but it's mainly for friends and family, so it's not my real name. But I am on Twitter a lot. I resisted it for so long, but I love it because I get to connect with people I look up to - actors, comedians, and singers.

The Internet is especially adept at compressing humanity and making it easy to forget there are people behind tweets, posts, and memes.

I don't use Twitter to share my thoughts - I use it to make statements that are quite blunt and hopefully fun.

Trolling can be a great way to engage with the world, a way to regain self-esteem and happiness, or, dare I say it, a way of life.

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.

What Facebook stands for in the world is giving people a voice and spreading ideas and rationalism.

I'm kind of a social person and I enjoy corresponding with people and checking out their Facebook pages. And it really doesn't take much time. Ten minutes in the morning, 10 minutes at night and a little bit during the day. It's just something I really enjoy.

Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time that I wonder if we've lost the ability to daydream.

Message boards are like going to a Halloween masquerade party. Everybody has a screen name.

I have to say, I worry about Twitter. Not that it will survive - they don't need my blessing for that - but that it will stay the kind of open, community-enhancing-and-enabling site that made it flourish at the outset.

I don't read blogs, I don't have MySpace, I don't have Facebook or Twitter - none of that.

The great thing about Twitter is, you get a lot back, and I read through a lot, and I want my fans to know that I do read a lot, and it's why I do respond or retweet clever posts, and I'm constantly amazed by the cleverness of people on Twitter.

I love Twitter, you know? I try to read everything I can on Twitter. You get so much nice feedback about stuff, you know you just put out a sentence and everybody laughs or everybody's just sending something back. It's amazing. Same with Facebook, you know? I'm a lot on Facebook and it's just - it's just amazing. And YouTube, of course, as well.

But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.

Social media allows me to pick my times for social interaction.

I think, like, Twitter is somewhat difficult sometimes, and it can be kind of negative.

I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs.

Twitter, Facebook are so different from where I began. It's like a fire that takes off... I'm reading everybody's Twitter.

I think Twitter is best when it sparks conversations elsewhere. To use YouTube and Facebook and all the tools we have available to us today to respond and also promote and answer and engage is awesome.

Founded in August 2003, MySpace would go on to be the most-visited social networking site in the world from 2005 until early 2008.

The interesting thing about the Internet is that it has created a kind of alternative circle of friends for people.