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Dear Latest Social Network

April 16, 2008 in Other
Short URL: http://boyink.me/s/3849

Dear Latest Social Network:

I’m sorry.  I really am.

But I am fresh out of energy to pick yet another username, fill in another profile, again list out my interests, find and choose “friends” or otherwise participate in your new “community”.

I know - I know.  It’s really cool.  It’s the latest thing.  It’s Web 2.0, it’s community-generated something or other.  It’ll add so much value to my life—I’ll know what my friends like and dislike, I’ll find people that share my interests, other people will find and adore me,  I’ll be engaged, energized, actualized and empowered by using your….thing.

It’s just that—I’m already on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace (yes, in a moment of social networking weakness), Pownce, del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, Rollyo, YouTube, Flickr, Skype, three different discussion forums, a couple of IM accounts, plus a few sites that I know I signed up for but can’t remember the name.

I’m just. so. tired. of having to re-define myself to every new web site/service that comes along.  Seriously - enough already.  Either figure out how to connect to a place where I’ve entered all that data, or be gone.  I just can’t find the energy to repeat myself that much.

And - I’m concerned that with all the meta-data, tagging, commenting, bookmarking and sharing going on that I’m forgetting the more important piece—creating. 

Sincerely,
Becoming Antisocial
Holland, MI

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  1. Michael Montgomery on April 16, 2008

    ...and a hearty “Amen.”

  2. Shady on April 16, 2008

    I second that

  3. tzConnected on April 17, 2008

    Creating… whose got time to create anything, I’m too busy networking, blogging and trying to stay “connected”!
    :)

  4. BGreen on April 25, 2008

    So with you on this… tired, very tired but will say with FB & Twitter making new connections that so far seem to be valuable.  Thanks for the common sense here!

    Bonnie
    twitter.com/bgreen

  5. funDiva Christy on May 10, 2008

    This was so funny I dugg it:
    http://digg.com/tech_news/A_Dear_John_letter_to_the_Social_Networks

    And I am giggling at myself from the irony of further perpetuating the social network overwhelm by submitting your comment to YASN -Yet Another Social Network!

  6. Ty on May 10, 2008

    Thanks!
    Is this codeCzar MIchael, or funDiva Christy, lol. ;)

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