I created a Facebook account out of curiosity. I didn’t intended to use it but before the day was out, two people I know ha added me as a friend. It then became a bit of a social networking experiment. I decided that I wouldn’t seek out anyone to add as a friend and see how long it took for people to find me. It has been an interesting little experiment that proved absolutely nothing. Interesting by seeing the people that found me. I was surprised to see the people that did, some of whom I haven’t talked to in years. The problem is that I don’t like Facebook’s privacy policies. I also find social networking sites to start breaking down after they reach a critical mass. Lastly, I find that people stop talking about their lives when I see them in person because they assume everyone has read everything via (insert web site here). I have avoided much of that in the past couple of years by avoiding social networking sites. On the other hand there are people that I wouldn’t mind being in better contact with and the only way I can achieve that is by diving back into the social grinder.
I just know that if I dip my toe in the networking cesspool, I’ll get dragged in. Cesspool is probably too harsh a word but you get my point.