Social Networking (A Mobile Blog)

I will say this from the get go, social networking is a time suck. Facebook especially sets the tone for being one of the biggest time wasters ever. You can have what they call "facebook friends" which really fall under the category of barely close to being friends at all. This, of course, is subject to interpretation depending on the particular circumstance in which you know the individual in question. Twitter is actually less ridiculous but, you still have the twitter friend nonsense as well. The reason that Twitter is less ridiculous is that you don't have a stampede of ridiculous games and applications that constantly annoy you at every turn. MySpace was irritating like that and I thought Facebook was my out from that, but I guess not. Facebook was for college students and suddenly every person from the known universe became a part of it. It seemed to defeat the original purpose. That was the reason I joined it for the most part, not for virtual hugs. I'm sick of bulletin boards as well, because they're a time sucking bore too. How many times can you blather on about the same mundane topics before you run out of things to elaborate on? I can't keep saying, "I love this or I'm going to see this or look at this, blah blah blah." It helped me meet some nice people, but I barely see them and they don't really communicate with me all that often. It's not that it's anyone's fault; it's just life and lack of commonality. Some people always find new things to discuss but, my life is private for the most part and I'm not going to make an exception for the Internet on something as stupid as Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace. It's bad enough that I've bared too much of things already. On blogger, at the very least, I'm sharpening my writing skills instead of wasting my time on Farmville or Mafia Wars. I have better things to do with my time, such as reading, learning, enjoying my family, or leading a REAL life. If you take a week away from the computer and forget the people on your Facebook or Twitter, would the entire world crash? Not a chance! Furthermore, you will have a chance to breathe clean air and have a great time without the glare of a monitor or mobile phone. In conclusion, operation back to school and back to life is commencing as we speak. Au revoir!

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