Alan Schaaf Quotes

Social media is such a powerful tool and I would love it to be a hub of celebration rather than focusing on negativity.

The connection between someone in Leeds and a comedian in Los Angeles would probably never happen if it weren't for MySpace, so it enables friendship and connection far more than it limits it.

Social media affords me an opportunity to interact with fans on a daily basis, not just for a few seconds apiece at a science-fiction convention.

Indeed, the spread of 'virtual' communities on the Internet speaks to a deep hunger to reach out to others.

I do love Instagram, and my kids are with me, like, 24-7, so it's inevitable that they'll be on there. And honestly, I know it sounds weird, but I look up people all the time on it. Because I find people so interesting, and I'm curious about them. It's a gateway to meet new people. I think the whole concept of Instagram is really cool.

It's not as much fun to go to karaoke alone, but when you do it through the Internet or on your MySpace page, then you can share it with people.

Creative freedom and self-expression is what MySpace is all about.

In one sense, Facebook is very focused as an address book, as efficient communication. It's like e-mail or like IM or something like that. And we do those things, too, but we do so much more. We try to focus on the whole world and all the things that people are interested in, rather than just people to people, or one to one communication.

I spend a lot of time on Facebook and Twitter writing all day long because I feel it's my job to entertain people.

The idea was that if it was a cool thing to do online, you should be able to do it on MySpace.

Here is a fact: If Facebook were a religion, it will be the third largest behind Islam and Christianity. Its success is rooted and capitalizing on the human desire to bond.

Facebook is becoming the web. Everything you need is there... it is the universe.

In the early days of Twitter, it was like a place of radical de-shaming. People would admit shameful secrets about themselves, and other people would say, 'Oh my God, I'm exactly the same.' Voiceless people realized that they had a voice, and it was powerful and eloquent.

I can see people sharing my comics and talking about them, which is very gratifying.

There is the negative aspect of social media, but there is a lot of positivity that comes from it too. Like my favorite thing in the world is seeing someone wearing our Iconics shirt.

I try to keep in contact with the fans on social media.

I don't go on social media with a mercenary intent to promote. That's just wrong. I go to learn, to listen, to have fun, to find people who love what I love and who introduce me to new things. That's where the joy is: in the interactions.

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.

What's really great about social media is we have tremendous access, and there's a wealth of information about the people that we admire online.

It turns out that the most powerful use of technology is to connect people together socially.

A huge potential audience, great interaction with your readers, the ability to see what people like and what they don't, the ability to see how people respond to what you're doing in real-time - there's just tons of great stuff that you get by being online.

The Journey guys were so warm and friendly. I'm learning a lot from them.

I'm always online, 24/7 Facebooking and tweeting, because that's where my fans are.

I think social media has been really great for me.

The blogosphere makes it possible to have a sprawling national conversation about the hard times - often among people who would never find each other offline.