Don't blame social media.

It's time to face the fact that there is nothing inherently annoying about Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media.  What is really annoying are the users.

Just because people might complain that Twitter is stupid because users are just posting what they had for breakfast and taking a picture of it, doesn't mean you should blame Twitter for this.  Blame the individual person who is doing that.  Just because Twitter allows for that to happen, doesn't mean it's Twitter's fault.  The people who are doing that would've done it anyway, now they just have an outlet that allows them to put it in your face more.

The same concept applies for Facebook.  Don't blame Facebook because you or someone you know has 1,000 friends and only talks to twenty of them.  It's not Facebook's fault, it's the users fault for accepting or sending out so many friend requests.  Plus, Facebook has the "unfriend" button for a reason.  Regular use should be made of the button as friends and interest change.  Out with the old, in with the new.

These forms of social media can be, and are, useful.  That's why people all over the world use them.  When used correctly, social media can be an efficient way of gaining and giving information.

So how should social media be used?  In my opinion, the right way to use social media, is to take the social side out of it.  The right way to use social media is to connect to people who can help you in the business world, or in your social world.  Don't connect simply because you can.  There's nothing wrong with connecting with friends, but there is something wrong with connecting to a person that goes to your school but who you never talk to.

Befriending people who you don't know well is bound to frustrate and annoy you; that's why you don't do it in real life.  No one goes out of there way to friend or follow someone who they don't have any interest in talking to.

Do not complain that you are annoyed with someone's post or tweet.  If you really don't like how someone behaves, on social media or in real life, and if they are of no benefit to you, consider that the problem may be you for connecting to them, rather than them for annoying you.