How Women Use Social Media

I can't speak for other women, but most of my facebook friends are other moms.

We do silly stuff like post photos of our kids and play Scrabble. But facebook also provides a forum for us to discuss real things with each other...and each other's friends.

The fun part - Right now I have at least 10 facebook Scrabble games going. For me it is a quick and necessary distraction from homework and work. In-person games are still better though. A group of us has Scrabble parties during the Christmas and summer breaks so the kids can play together while we play our games.

We also use facebook to vent or ask for ideas. At the beginning of the school year I owned up to being the worst mom ever because I sent my son to school with two plain pieces of bread for lunch - I forgot the PB&J part. I got 19 responses.

The useful part - Social media extends our contact with others.

My facebook friends have friends that I don't know.

The current budget situation in our local school district and snow days have been the hot topics lately.

In a school budget comment that one of my friends posted, I was able to join a discussion with strangers that I would not otherwise have been able to join.