Easy Ways to Participate in Social Media

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Earlier, I wrote about why I’m interested in social networking or social media like Twitter and Friendfeed. While these services are heavy with tech/pr content right now, I think services like this can be immensely useful for all sorts of groups and even individuals. Right now, those sites are heavy with tech/pr content, but that's not always going to be the case IMO.

But what can you do if you’ve been curious about social media or social networks like Twitter or Friendfeed or whatever, but you don’t know much about how to go about participating?

You might start with 5 Great Ways to Contribute to Social Media. Sharing can be as simple as one simple click to indicate you like something someone else has shared. Or you might just share information about a new application you've tried and liked. It doesn't have to be complicated at all.