I've Never Texted or Tweeted...Am I Alone?

I used to be on Facebook until I ended up in a huge verbal fight with my brother over comments my niece had posted on Facebook about private family matters. Also the pharmaceutical (****** and Cialis) emails I would receive. SO I got off Facebook and will not go back on it for any reason. I also do very little texting. Texting is so impersonal that it just feels wrong to me. My daughter has her phone glued to her hand and constantly texting somebody. What ever happened to good ole conversation? Personally I think a phone call is faster than texting. Just can't get both thumbs on the tiny keyboard so typing on a phone is too cumbersome to me.

By the way my brother and I have since patched things up.
 
I have a cell phone where I can text, but don't. I also don't Tweet . . . haven't got the time to do the things I want to do now without getting caught up in mindless time wasters. I do have a Facebook account, but solely for the purpose of taking advantage of coupons and freebies, etc. but spend less than an hour on it over the year.
 

Don't text and don't tweet. I tried to use facebook, but got so much junk mail that I quit. I have a mobile phone that I only use for emergencies - otherwise it's switched off and anyway, only my wife knows the number. If anyone sends me an eMail containing 'textspeak', I delete it. If they can't be bothered to write it properly, then I can't be bothered to read it!

I've managed OK for over 60 years without all these things. My favourite piece of technology is the cordless screwdriver :D
 
I recently became interested in this new art or fad of camming. Its quite fun and interesting. Being computer literate is essential in our modernized society.
 
Chivalrousgent said:
I recently became interested in this new art or fad of camming. Its quite fun and interesting. Being computer literate is essential in our modernized society.
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Are you Skyping? I've been Skyping (and the predecessor to Skype) since my oldest granddaughter was born 9 years ago. I saw her wee face on my computer the day she was brought home from the hospital. I was 4,000 miles across the pond from her. Saw her sister from the hospital room the day of her birth. Now the 9 year old and I can Skype often as she knows how to do it by herself.
 
I don't tweet or do facebook. I've texted a few times with my son, but it takes me forever to do a text because of those little bitty keys. Mostly I e-mail.

I don't use my fancy cell phone a lot, and frequently it isn't even turned on. I don't want to be bothered by the phone when I'm shopping or driving or whatever.

I'm also probably one of the last living dinosaurs who still has a land line.
 
I don't do either, except going to facebook with an alias to locate someone I need to talk to. One instance was when my great grandson whom I had never met died. I wanted to send condolences to his family. When my son died I went on to find one of my grandsons to tell my other son about his brother's death. I do not like facebook and I really dislike family members sending an invitation to me using my master email account. I have two other accounts one for surfing and one for people I don't know very well.
 
I don't like texting at all. I'd rather talk to someone on the phone. I have used Twitter because I established an Internet Presence, made YouTube videos etc. Lately I totally ignore Twitter.
 
Falcon said:
I'm with you on this Sea. I've never done it and I expect I never will. Think it's mostly for kids and the hard of hearing.
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Err ... not in my case! I don't text a lot but I'd rather text a friend than leave a voice mail message, because they can read it at their leisure and respond when they have time. It's handy for when someone is where they can't answer a phone but you have to reach them -- they will see a text. I have texted during a movie that I hated but couldn't leave because I was there with a friend. I have texted a friend who was at her daughter's basketball game and couldn't talk or hear, but could text me to let me know she'd call when the game was over. I have had a friend text me when I was in church and they were worried because I wasn't answering my phone. I had the ringer off but could see the screen light up with the text.

I have never tweeted anyone. I have an account for my friend's business but I've never used it. It's even more lame than FB, IMO.
 
It's weird but I can paint the tiniest details on an object, do perfect eye liner and brows... but the teeny keyboard on a phone and my fingers don't work anymore...nevermind trying to even see the itsy bitsy letters and numbers. I learned to use a smart phone for work and some basic photo stuff on the computer, good enough for me...BTW I find FB overwhelming.

My oldest boy on the other paw has every electronic device you can think of, can use them all effortlessly and sells smart home systems to prospective buyers...so he travels to your estate and explains each of a gazillion products his company can install so you can operate your entire home on your smart phone. Then he does whole graphs of what does what and where it will go...didn't get it from me...
 
What I would like to see is a study comparing victims of Identity Theft, to those who spend half their lives on Facebook and Twitter. I'll bet there is a strong correlation...given the amount of personal data that some of these people exchange freely with each other.
 
Guitarist said:
Err ... not in my case! I don't text a lot but I'd rather text a friend than leave a voice mail message, because they can read it at their leisure and respond when they have time. It's handy for when someone is where they can't answer a phone but you have to reach them -- they will see a text. I have texted during a movie that I hated but couldn't leave because I was there with a friend. I have texted a friend who was at her daughter's basketball game and couldn't talk or hear, but could text me to let me know she'd call when the game was over. I have had a friend text me when I was in church and they were worried because I wasn't answering my phone. I had the ringer off but could see the screen light up with the text.

I have never tweeted anyone. I have an account for my friend's business but I've never used it. It's even more lame than FB, IMO.
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I text all the time. Much better than voicemail. I usually use Whatsapp to text and I use it for UK or for friends in Uganda. The receiver can read at their leisure as you said.

I've already said why I like FB. I check Twitter every couple of days. Totally different than forums or FB etc. Messages must be under 160 characters I think. I follow Bernie Sanders, the Pope, our local newspaper, Elizabeth Warren, NeverTrump, Rachel Maddow, various news agencies, The Daily Show, DumpTrump, The White House, The First Lady, Malala Yousafzai, Andy Murray, Sustrans which is responsible for building bike trails here, Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village, a few friends and relatives.......
 
The only time I text is when a friend from Belgium says hello. Then I prefer to either use the computer or my iPad. It's easier for me to type.
 
I got my first smartphone (Samsung Note 3) a few years not too long before I started my current job. We have several local locatons, so use texting to contact each other for work related things. I've come to prefer it to talking on the phone. It's quick and easy. I used to talk a lot when we had a landline, but just don't like talking on the smartphone.


Seems silly, but I think I'd like this retro handset:
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jnos said:
I got my first smartphone (Samsung Note 3) a few years not too long before I started my current job. We have several local locatons, so use texting to contact each other for work related things. I've come to prefer it to talking on the phone. It's quick and easy. I used to talk a lot when we had a landline, but just don't like talking on the smartphone.


Seems silly, but I think I'd like this retro handset:
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LOL. That would be cool!
 
I resisted cell phones and texting for many years. After spending several hours, by the side of the road, when my car broke down I accepted the cell my children got me. Never used it though. When my power went out....had no landline or internet....I resorted to using the cell. Then texting. Find I would much rather text....you are not forced to talk. Can answer a text whenever.
 
Hmmm ... Was just thinking ... Actually posting messages here on the Senior Forums is a form of texting. I mean, we're sending out a message digitally to someone. Especially those of us who connect to the internet via our cell phones and access the forums in that manner.
 
I don't text and I don't Tweet. I am on Facebook using my author name because I am a member of a frugality group. Social media is of little to no interest to me.
 
I use texting on occasion, especially for quick messages. More likely to be seen than emails. My car now has a feature that allows handsfree dictation of text messages and will read them to you when one comes in. Use Twitter on occasion, but never send out any tweets. Use it more to read what's happening in real time. It was very helpful in 2013 when the Marathon bombing took place and I was getting ready for bed over in England. Because the incident took place just yards from where I worked at the time, I had more a keen interest in following events as closely as I could since there was no live TV coverage available.
 
Never tweeted, nor texted....

Add me to the list of non-tweeters, texters, as well as Facebookers.

I don't do any of that stuff. I recently bought a Jitterbug smart phone (supposedly easy and made for seniors), but I am not checked out on it yet. ;) One of these days I may get up my gumption and try texting my grandson. He lives in another state. He will laugh at me, but I don't care. The last time he was here, he came into my "office" and said with a little astonishment, "Gee, Gram, do you have a Rolodex?

Well, I love my Rolodex. I will never part with it for the sake of hunting and pecking and struggling with some danged electronic thing-a-ma-jig! So there, kid!

(At least he knew what it is!)
 

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