Monday, July 06, 2009

Thoughts on social networking

First we started blogs to keep our friends up to date with our lives. We usually used them as a journal of sorts to share about our activities and thoughts. Posting once a day or a few times a week was keeping pretty current. Entries could be long and thoughtful or short and sweet. Then you could throw in some pictures of the new house or baby. People could leave comments and share their thoughts. Kind of like an ongoing Christmas card.

Then we had our social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. Now we could share more details, find old friends and update our status several times a day. We could connect with old friends and show the world what they looked like in fifth grade. This seemed more like having friends over for coffee and some good conversation.

Now comea Twitter, the ADD network. You are supposed to share snippets of your day while on the go, and do it in 140 characters or less. I think that is more like opening the window while driving and shouting at people on the sidewalk as you speed past.

The funny part is, I have all three.
:o)

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