Facebook, Linked In
I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of Facebook. As shocking as this may seem to some people, it is true. Please don't blacklist me.
However, it seems that Farhad Manjoo, the Slate technical writer whom I enjoy so much, and a hottie, too, feels I should just give up the ghost on my resistance and join. I've never even seen Facebook or what it looks like, but I don't photograph things, and the little updates I see parodied everywhere seem annoying and silly to me (Jeremy is peeing his pants stuck in traffic right now). I worry about devoting too much time to such a thing. I joined MySpace, and never had the time to really make that page worth the trouble or time.
But if Farhad says that's bunk, it hardly takes any time at all, and now that it's so ubiquitous I'm letting people down who may be looking for me..... Well, I don't want to let Farhad down now, do I? After loving him so long and loyally as I have, what if he has found out, felt an interruption in the force, and he's now looking for me?
And Linked In. Several people invited me to add them as a friend last fall. I was warned 30 days after they each first invited me that my time was running out. Like this is a surprise. I already know we're all dying, why do I need this annoying website to remind me of my own mortality? So I never joined or investigated at all.
But like everyone else, I need to network. These were industry people, I shouldn't be thwarting their kind (or obsessive) attempts to network with me.
So .... What do you think? Any of you like or hate or have any opinion what-so-ever on Facebook or Linked In? Will they be worth my while or will they consume too much time? If I'm not digitally active, with photos and such, will my Facebook page seem boring? And do I need to fear "the wall?"
However, it seems that Farhad Manjoo, the Slate technical writer whom I enjoy so much, and a hottie, too, feels I should just give up the ghost on my resistance and join. I've never even seen Facebook or what it looks like, but I don't photograph things, and the little updates I see parodied everywhere seem annoying and silly to me (Jeremy is peeing his pants stuck in traffic right now). I worry about devoting too much time to such a thing. I joined MySpace, and never had the time to really make that page worth the trouble or time.
But if Farhad says that's bunk, it hardly takes any time at all, and now that it's so ubiquitous I'm letting people down who may be looking for me..... Well, I don't want to let Farhad down now, do I? After loving him so long and loyally as I have, what if he has found out, felt an interruption in the force, and he's now looking for me?
And Linked In. Several people invited me to add them as a friend last fall. I was warned 30 days after they each first invited me that my time was running out. Like this is a surprise. I already know we're all dying, why do I need this annoying website to remind me of my own mortality? So I never joined or investigated at all.
But like everyone else, I need to network. These were industry people, I shouldn't be thwarting their kind (or obsessive) attempts to network with me.
So .... What do you think? Any of you like or hate or have any opinion what-so-ever on Facebook or Linked In? Will they be worth my while or will they consume too much time? If I'm not digitally active, with photos and such, will my Facebook page seem boring? And do I need to fear "the wall?"