Jillaurie ([info]deerdancer22) wrote,
@ 2009-01-13 19:17:00
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Temporarily Stolen by Facebook
Well, starting 2 weeks ago people suddenly started telling me I should join Facebook. By the time it was the 4th or 5th person I figured there's a message in here. So I joined. While I waited to figure out what the message was I ended up with 50 something friends (long history with our Shambhala sangha), learned how to send things, and opened a zoo.

Finally the message came through. I learned of a Buddhist chaplaincy program that will be perfect for me and I don't know if I would have found it without one connection leading to the other. Of course now I go and check about three times a day because I have so many friends I had lost touch with.

Do some people live on their computers? It's been hard to not have a whole week go by before I realize I haven't written here, which I like to do. As I understand it people also have Flicker and Twitter and Second Life (like I could figure out time for the first one).



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[info]felis_sidus
2009-01-14 03:25 am UTC (link)
I have only email and LJ, yet I barely keep up with reading my friends' messages and posts, let alone writing any of my own or commenting. Perhaps the more physically youthful among us need less sleep? Or type faster? Perish the thought that they may think faster. (Okay, they do, but I'm in my happy place, where that reality is only dimly perceived.)

How I would use Twitter escapes me. In the midst of things happening, sending out a message about them just wouldn't occur to me. I'm more likely to think of something to post later in the day, but not so likely to have the energy actually to do it.

Facebook is a great networking site from all I've heard, but it's a bit too public for me. Having my identity borrowed before I so much as had an email account has left me with an enduring appreciation for anonymity.

Speaking of such matters, though, perhaps some of the more widely read bloggers among our friends would be interested in applying for the best job in the world. $100,000 US to sit on an Australian beach and blog about it? I can think of a few people who'd be great at that!

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