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Poll: Should we Turn Off Social Media Downrange?

May 14, 2012, in Deployment, Poll by

Like Jacey wrote in her post this morning, social media – Facebook, texting and Skype – can be both a huge blessing and an avenue for awful things that we don’t even want to imagine.

But does that mean we should turn it all off? Take our poll to the right of the screen and let us know what you think – and then check out the results below.

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Amy is the managing editor of Military.com’s spouse and family blog SpouseBuzz.com. A journalist by trade, Amy also covers spouse and family news for Military.com where she is an Associate Editor. An Army wife and mother of two, Amy has been featured as a subject matter expert on NPR and in the New York Times. Follow her on twitter @amybushatz.

Comments

  1. USARMP says:
    May 18, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    On my last tour in Iraq, the FOB tried to have Wikipedia blocked. That lasted about two days. While I don't have a Facebook/Twitter/MySpace account or anything like that, pretty much eveeyone enjoyed wiki for one reason or another. Did we all waste some time looking things up? sure, but we were also able to get some good references (historical things that cite references are usually pretty good), and I think that I learned quite a bit about the AO that I was operating in.

  2. Andrew Nutter says:
    May 24, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    I am currently deployed and using Skype, Google Voice, etc… are the only reliable means other than email that I can speak with my family. The quality of phone calls from the base I am at is bearable at best.

  3. Amanda Lynn says:
    July 17, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    My husband doesn't have those capabilities AND the satellite phone their team used to call home every once in awhile was recently shut off. I am able to get an email about once a week or so…. which means if we have a miscommunication or misunderstanding… it doesn't get resolved for like a month. That's a long time to worry if the words you said last would be it. It puts a toll on intimacy, we find it harder to connect because we can't maintain a conversation. When he comes home, it's going to be very hard and we will need extra help because of the lack of communication and support we received due to him being so remote. WE aren't the only ones. Marriage in the military is hard especially when there is a significant separation. Why make that harder?