Tag archive: Social Networking

Facebook has no influence on the relationships that actually matter to me. It’s the people on the periphery who get to stick around past their expiration date. If I deleted it, those are the kinds of people who would become… continue reading »

The peril of being “social”

Welp, if you enjoyed using the social network Foursquare (like me), prepare to lose all of your mayorships and expect to contend with a ton of new traffic, as the NY Times has profiled the new service in today’s paper:… continue reading »

A week without tweet (and Facebook too…)

I decided yesterday that it would be advisable for me to take a week off from Twitter and Facebook. So that’s what I’m doing. No tweets, no changing anything on Facebook. I’ve turned off all email notifications from Facebook in… continue reading »

Twitter is just like high school

You’ve got your bullies. Divas. A whole “in” crowd of people who talk to each other, but don’t actually listen to what’s going on around them. Sorry folks, but once around the high school block is enough for me. I… continue reading »

It’s not about who you know…

Holiday conversations with friends have led me to consider the idea of social networking and how sites like these continue to do nothing other than help people who already know each other find ways to connect and stay in touch,… continue reading »

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