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Sorry, I’m usually too lazy/introverted/antisocial to facebook/twitter/friendster/linked-in and whatever else it is the kids are up to these days. Maintaining a blog/this site is more than enough; anything else might interfere with my navel/shoe gazing. I did create a Myspace page once, for my own amusement, but I never used it, and finally deleted it. It was at myspace.com/jeff-hates-myspace. I figured there was probably some other Jeff out there who dislikes social networking, might want that user name, and might actually use Myspace, so he should have it.
On the other hand, I do log onto Facebook from time to time, despite the fact that I sincerely believe that it and its ilk are cheapening social discourse (and now I shall go outside to yell at some kids to keep off my lawn). Seriously, it’s like the Xerox-copied letter that distant relatives send you every year at Xmas because they can’t be arsed to send you a hand-written letter (“So this year little Mimi entered third grade (gosh, can you believe how time flies!) and Mark is a big boy now — he’s started junior high! But it wasn’t all joy this year, we lost our precious kitty Boo-Boo Snookums last summer. …”). Only now it’s automated and you get form letters on the inane, mundane details of your friends lives every 5 minutes instead of once a year.
Nevertheless, who am I to stand in the way of the decline and fall of Western Civilization progress? You can find me there at … wait for it … facebook.com/is.epic.fail.
If you’re a Goodreads peep, feel free to ping me there. But if I don’t know you in real life, you’ll have to elaborate as to why we should be friends.
Same for those of you rocking out on Last.fm.