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You are not my Friend

Nov 8, 03:34 PM by Jonathan Camenisch

Here’s a great op-ed by Joel Stein on time.com, describing the childish, rather yuck side of online social networks.

That said, I think everyone over 40 years old ought to sign up on Facebook—just to see what’s going on. (Warning: the first couple days after I signed up, I probably spent three hours on the site!)

And by the way, just because you utilize something like Facebook doesn’t mean you have to act like a nincompoop!

  1. so true.

    Lora    Nov 9, 10:56 AM    #
  2. I love this line: “I have no idea what my favorite movie or song or TV show is. Last I checked, they all involved Muppets.”

    Yeah, the “online social networking” thing is weird and has gotten out of hand.

    Honestly, I do use my Xanga to communicate with people I know in the flesh. I don’t intend anyone to read it that doesn’t actually know me in person. If I had a MySpace or Facebook entry, it would be the same way.

    I guess that makes me old fashioned. :)

    Chris    Nov 9, 12:54 PM    #
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