I'm of a dying breed in that I don't have a Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or any other account in the new world of social networking. Check that... I do have a LinkedIn account which is set up in the hopes that someone will find me one day wanting to spend copious amounts of money with the company I work for.
The reason I have yet to embrace this form of connectivity is fairly simple... I don't feel I'm that important. Do my old high school friends, whom I haven't connected with in 15 years, really care what I'm doing or are they just so bored at work or home that they'd rather fantasize about all the good times we could've had had we stayed friends? Does anyone care that I'm off to the shopping mall? Can anyone really have 1,042 friends?
It all just seems like a big "look at me" campaign, where the artist gets to paint whatever picture of themselves to people that they are truly unconnected too. Yes, I do see the benefits of the system among a tight group of friends in sharing pictures, or to stay connected when work or family force one to relocate. But overall, from what I've observed, a lot of it is just a big popularity contest, where one waves the gaunlet to "accept" or "deny" the adoration of their fellow peers; and where the voyeur is free to mock the person who so willingly accepted their friendship.
Maybe one day I'll feel open to having everyone know what I'm doing everyday, all the time. But until the RFID chip is inserted into my arm, I'll just stay as much off the grid as I can.
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