Late night on Twitter…

I love Emma Thompson. So when I saw Netflix recommending the film ‘Late Night’, for me it was no-brainer. It might not be a cinematic masterpiece, but it was still enjoyable to watch. To give you an idea of the plot (without too many spoilers), I can tell you that the heroine’s main initial attribute is that she has is entirely disengaged with social media. Even though she has been a successful talk show host for many years, she had never opened a Twitter or Facebook account. In the end she begins to tentatively try her hand at them, but is still left scratching her head by the option of having more than one favourite thing and at what the purpose of ‘add to favourites’ might be. Why am I writing about this? Someone quite close to me recently remarked that if someone wants to make a career in (almost) any field these days, then they have to be active on social media. And that doesn’t mean just setting up a profile page and occasionally clicking &lsqu