| Social Media - which do you use these days? Posted by grahame at 11:37, 10th February 2026 |     |
MySpace and Skype are no longer with us ... and others come and go. If I were to concentrate my public transport posts onto just 2 or 3 social media, which of these would best engage you?
I am very much aware that I am comparing some very different beasts here, and please note that this is a "consultation" and not a promise to use / switch though I will be informed and guided by the outcome. Posts and activity on the Coffee Shop are also a specialist social medium, of course, but they will not be effected by the outcome of any vote!
| Re: Social Media - which do you use these days? Posted by Red Squirrel at 12:39, 10th February 2026 | |
These days I use Signal rather than WhatsApp. I tend to avoid anything with mandatory AI.
| Re: Social Media - which do you use these days? Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 12:54, 10th February 2026 | |
I used to be on LinkedIn, but when I retired I deleted it: I was getting irrelevant offers of jobs as a van driver ... in Lincolnshire, for example.
These days I use WhatsApp on my phone and at home on the computer, and text messages on my mobile when I'm out and about.
I also use e-mail and personal messages on the forum.
| Re: Social Media - which do you use these days? Posted by ChrisB at 17:46, 10th February 2026 | |
I won't use any META or Musk product....
| Re: Social Media - which do you use these days? Posted by grahame at 07:39, 12th February 2026 | |
I used to be on LinkedIn, but when I retired I deleted it: I was getting irrelevant offers of jobs as a van driver ... in Lincolnshire, for example. 
These days I use WhatsApp on my phone and at home on the computer, and text messages on my mobile when I'm out and about.
I also use e-mail and personal messages on the forum.
These days I use WhatsApp on my phone and at home on the computer, and text messages on my mobile when I'm out and about.
I also use e-mail and personal messages on the forum.
Looking at the poll ... LinkedIn is getting relatively few votes; I use it, and continue to do so, for the industry contacts - to listen and occasionally talk the passenger view. In some ways, I "work for transport" though in a voluntary capacity and it's a work connection. Sure, I get job offers ...
I do have WhatsApp on my phone and in occasional use for 1 to 1 and occasional group chats. All of these social media outlets are different in some ways. I have not found (is it there?) a way of posting articles and getting a general "of interest" type feed on WhatsApp. Is it there? Is it used?
| Re: Social Media - which do you use these days? Posted by bradshaw at 08:43, 12th February 2026 | |
There is a group chat facility. I am in one for Mapperton House where I volunteer as a guide. I believe one person sets up the chat and others join, possibly by invitation.
| Re: Social Media - which do you use these days? Posted by GBM at 12:21, 12th February 2026 | |
A few WhatsApp groups when I was working for First bus.
One group set up by First (never used it personally); the other with Park & Ride drivers only.
We did have a local drivers only Faceache group, which slowly spread to encompass the County, but that faded out after a few years.
We have a family WhatsApp group, and an immediate family group.
