I can safely say after this season finale of lost… I have to go back and watch every episode…of every season.

Facebook

When I first subscribed to facebook it was an awesome social networking tool. I had just moved to Murray and only knew a select people. It was great to be able to view friends of friends, get in touch with classmates or find out information about the latest parties or events on campus. When I moved to UK it was the same as well as I enjoyed getting to keep in touch with my Murray friends. There was one slight caveat of knowing too much information. I could follow their lives, know their relationships, what classes they hated…It allowed for the dissemination of information without the personal connection required in enhancing friendships. It left the requisite phone calls and random drive trips somewhat lacking as catching-up wasn’t as necessary as it once was. Also, it became slightly impersonal for giving too much information about all of their friendships and dialogue. It’s like combining groups of people that don’t get along. It can be a bit awkward at times trying to engage one person when there is someone you dislike on the same page.It’s become to impersonal and needless for me.

Many times, I’ve wanted to delete my account but then I’ll see an announcement of a friend getting married and you RSVP through facebook…They would have called me except they know I have facebook so what do you do? Inform those you want to stay close to that you’re removing your account in the hopes that you can reestablish a long-distance friendship outside facebook?

EDIT: I also hate this “Become a fan” Sure, it has its uses for I don’t know–Events, bands, movies but some of this stuff is rididculous. Become a fan of water? really? Reminds me of idiocracy: “I can’t believe you like money too. We should hang out”

Myspace

I like myspace a LOT more than facebook in the sense that it is a bit more isolated and personal. Maybe it’s also because I’ve removed the majority of people I don’t actually communicate with. I like their calender and events system a little better and through that have managed to meet some new friends and keep tabs on what’s going on. I guess myspace is giving one my phone number and facebook is “we’ll run into each other soon.”

Twitter

I hate it. It’s even more inane than myspace/facebook status updates. I don’t care where you are. I don’t care what you want for lunch and I don’t care about all the random crap you’re sharing. I can see where it might be more useful in a professional setting tweeting problems/concerns and allowing people in a simliar field to all view it and get a more real time response but for where I’m at in life it’s simply public text messaging. People have quit texting me or inviting me places saying, “I tweeted it was going to be there.”

wtf

Summary

Perhaps it’s just where I’m at in life these social networking tools aren’t very useful. For someone who is established in a city and knows a lot of people how can you utilize these tools to continue to meet new people and find new information? If I was in a large city, I’d love twitter to find out more about events in the city–but I’m stuck in Owensboro. It doesn’t serve a purpose for me.

Happy May Day…I can’t believe how fast the year is going. Hm, my birthday is in a couple of weeks.