I just got an invitation to join a social-networking site called LinkedIn. I won't join ... just like I haven't joined Facebook. Actually, my name is on Facebook but I don't respond to all its "friending," "you have messages" and other requests for a variety of reasons -- it takes too much time; it might compromise my privacy; it's a young persons distraction; and it seems slightly vainglorious.
This social networking phenomenon has me perplexed. I like most people, but I don't want them to know every inane thing I do. However, I am willing to share my thinking with them ... thus all these blogs of mine. So, by demurring, I am willing to be lumped into the "old foggie" category ... probably because that is exactly what I am.
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Me and my 634 closest friends wish you good health and wisdom in the coming years. Pride is the mask of one's own faults
Blogging is the epitome of vainglory. It is the ultimate waste of time, and the theme of selected blog topics discloses everything about the author. I think the social networks will survive without your participation, or approval. But thanks for sharing.
Posh! I've defriended you both!!
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