Twitter is great for the news flashes. Practice gossip etc. little snippets like "I just saw..."

Facebooks for getting in touch with people, snooping at other peoples conversations and photo's. Threads are hard to track as they move from the page quickly. Some people find it particularly useful when letting "friends" know when they have ate or gone to the toilet.

The message board is good for the main reason that every subject has a title. If your not interested in the title you don't have to read on. I think most people take a little more time to respond on a message board. I find that i'ts easy to pop in and out of a message board quickly and not feel that I need to post anything compared to the above.

This place does seem to be a little quite mind you for this time of year (and century!)