For somebody of my generation, I think I got into social media fairly quickly. Not all aspects of social media, mainly just one, Twitter. I loved Twitter from the beginning, and found it enormously useful.
Two aspects in particular: It gave me access to a whole range of news and comment. I got links to good articles in media outlets like the National Catholic Reporter, La Croix, and many others. I learned through it what was happening in the various Church Reform movements around the world.