"PUFF-BACKS"--THAT'S WHAT I CALL OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.....Lots of Hot Air That Is Meaningless drivel.

Janis: Thanks---I agree with your assessment of the time spent on those other sites--I get notices from FB and I think "Oh I better go see what is going on there"...then I get there and it is absolutely nothing going on. except for the self-absorbed agents here in the Hamptons, there is no one I want to hear from on that site --or Twitter either!

Norma: I think that is why commenting is down here--I have not been able to sit for any length of time lately much less blog and I miss it!

Carolyn: Thanks for correcting the spelling of Kerrie's name--should have checked it before I published it. I will do that right now....and I agree; I too do not feel the need too be everywhere!

Francine: you put it so well! ..and that is what will happen eventually to all the time-wasters out there who think they are applying "brilliance" to the world, when in actuality they are filling a big void---empty time on their hands. So they are basically filling a time slot that will quickly become a big fat nothing because they are too busy to bother! Just think of all those people you have met in your life that were rambling on and on about themselves because they had nothing else to do and because the people who listened had nothing better to do either! Ha! (as Lenn would say!)

Jon:...if you are writing heartfelt, good content about things you are passionate about---those get featured! If I were you, I would pick an absolutely outrageous topic, something that you have a strong opinion about and write about it! Try for a real estate issue that you have had it with, or something in your business that drives you nuts!!! Put it out there and make sure it gets out there at a good time: 7:00Am is good and so is 9:00 at night--try to catch 'em when they are on the site and you will get read and maybe even featured!!! Check the blog roll and notice when all those posts about nothing are running: blah, blah,blah and on and on about things you don't care about--listings for instance...and avoid publishing anything at those times---try to get in the thick of it and comment your brains out because sometimes that's where the best ideas spring forth from...Good luck!

Anna Banana!! Thanks for the feature--you are a doll! I get your heartfelt statement about the lack of time and what you "drop" when you don't have time---that's what I am doing. I get huge numbers of people begging me to connect on LinkedIn and I just don't have the time to log on--go away from my work to connect with someone who says they worked with me when they never did!!! Besides, I love ActiveRain and I am here for the duration!

Jon: You are so on target and you need to really be out there with your opinions at the right times--that is crucial! In order to get the right feeback from people you need to be "out there"and comment until you don't think you can write anymore..those ar the things that get attention paid to your good content---and mayba  feature too!

Pam; Tha is exactly what I am finding too....so busy right now and hoping it all pays off...

Marie: I do too--that will save so much time for those of us who don't have much! I wad through the posts that have a glimmer of a thread that I am interested in and then I find out it is rather limitied in usable content---nothing to coment about really! Then there are those who put great content out there alot and those are the ones that I pay attention to!

Wallace: Hummm--I like Google Plus too but it seems to be a duplicate for me so if I have time to blog I do it here---I have a problem with copyng post that I wrote here and then pasting them on Google Plus---seems their algorithyms(sp) are set up to punish you for copying and pasting anything and I don't have time to do one blog much less two!!

Rick; I agree---so lets try to do that! :) I am finding the best time to do it is first thing in the morning and again late at night if I am still up.. I try to get a few comments in but no where near what I used to do! I used to get at least the ten comments we are allowed and many times many more than that. II wonder how AR views this lull?

Paula: I agree; there are not eneough hours in the day to get the work done that has to get done...much less chit-chat on FB or Twitter. It appears rght now that those two are more important for the Politicians thatn for us mere mortals!