It's given me a way to waste a lot of time. Beyond that, not much.

Nah.. just a time waster here too ... but a lot of fun for the most part

Same for me. Total time waster. I'm on LinkedIn, but I'm not looking for a job and usually forget to check up on it.

Oh yeah. I need to check that myself. I think it's been about 6 months....

I've gotten some small jobs through Facebook but that's about it.

I haven't really updated my LinkedIn profile with recent work... maybe I should get on that.

I don't think I even have a LinkdIn profile. Gotten several invites from clients/vendors, but I've just ignored them.

So far I only use social media for social purposes. I really don't freelance so I have no need to push my services.

I don't have one ... I've gotten several invites .. but never bothered with it.

I use SM more to keep in contact with colleagues, gather information, and keep up on news like product announcements.

I often advise clients to use Facebook and Twitter for promotional, marketing and public relations purposes. Five years ago, I also set up my own discussion forum similar to the GDF forum, but not about graphic design. It's doing very well and making some spending money (although I like the GDF forum better. ) A lot of the websites I/we build for people have social media components in them, like the ability to register, add comments/reviews/opinions, upload photos, interact with other visitors, etc.. When we advertise for jobs, I've found that targeting the relevant social media channels brings in a whole lot of good applicants.

So far, social media has mostly just meant an addition to the way I make a living. As far as personal interest or relevance goes, I've pretty much limited my social media activities to the GDF forum. I have a Facebook page and LinkedIn and Twitter accounts, but I have very little use for them.

I don't use social media for work, but I'd like to eventually. Especially when I start really pushing the freelance stuff. I use FB in relation to my blog, but my blog isn't really about work.