Listening to two old men chat about social media on the bus...

[F4lconF16]

They're adorable. So confused about hashtags

[grasswire]

1. tell them to watch Jimmy Fallon.

[Yavin4]

2. They were doing old school social media

Actually talking to a human being.

[lovemydog]

3. Check out this interview with Anna Kendrick

on Jimmy Fallon. Beca Mitchell is the name of her character in Pitch Perfect 2. There's a twitter feed called 'Hashtag Beca Effin Mitchell.' Her mom described it to her as 'Pound Beca Effin Mitchell.' LOL.

[LawnKorn]

4. Is that POUNDSIGNHASHTAG

or is it
#POUNDSIGN ?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. hashtag octothorpe

confusing indeed.

[steve2470]

6. I'm sure my son gets a good laugh out of me! nt

[LWolf]

7. I was listening to 4 senior citizens talk about social media last week

in the doctor's office.

They were trying to figure out a reason for face book; if they could find a reason, they'd use it.

I feel the same way about twitter, snapchat, and whatever else is out there. If I can find a productive purpose in spending my time and attention, I'll use it. If not, I won't.

I've been on face book for years; I don't use it to friend a bunch of people I don't really know. My main purpose in using Face Book is to stay connected with people when I don't live near them any longer. In addition to that, I belong to several groups...those, while they don't show up on my wall, are professional or political.

[Skittles]

8. I can't figure out why Facebook is needed to stay connected

it isn't - it depends on how much effort you're willing to put in to stay connected - I grew up as a GI brat and have no problem staying connected without using Facebook - it just takes effort that most people are not willing to give.....people now can't see living without FB but seriously, they would not even bother trying to send a postcard to the people they are "connected" with pre-FB.....and also, the people who claim they have no time seem to have plenty of time to talk about the latest crap TV shows so that is bullshit too

[LWolf]

9. It's not necessary,

but it's a tool that works in some cases. I agree that there's a lot there that's inconsequential trivia that I don't need; since my "friends" are basically real life people that live in different time zones and/or operate on conflicting schedules, we don't phone each other. We do sometimes snail mail. I have to admit, though, that I tend to type and send rather than use pen or pencil; the carpal tunnel complains less.

[bigwillq]

10. Was one of them my Dad?

My Dad is clueless about social media, and about the internet in general.

He asked me one time: "What's a google?"