What Social Media Can (and Cannot) Do For You

Tweet, post, gram, rinse, repeat

Susan Orlean

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Social media is a modern-day octopus, its long suckery arms tangled up in everyday life in a way almost unimaginable just a decade ago. I noticed today that I’ve posted more than 45,000 tweets, so while I make no claims to be an expert, I am obviously a heavy user. Here’s my current assessment of what social media can do — and can’t…

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Susan Orlean

Staff writer, The New Yorker. Author of The Library Book, The Orchid Thief, and more…Head of my very own Literati.com book club (join me!)