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Comment from Nicholas Gimbrone on 2008-04-26

2008-04-26T20:33:17Z

I prefer the term "high tech luddite"... high tech when it makes sense, but not as an ends in and of itself.

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Comment from J on 2008-04-26

2008-04-26T08:03:16Z

Hi Leo,
You may be an IT genius, but the world of online life seems to have passed you by a little.
I use MySpace, www.myspace.com/airborne_cowboy, not because it is a good site (in fact, featurewise it sucks) but because of the variety of people on there.
Now when you write "friend me if you like, and I'll accept when I can - I'm just not sure why you would", you don't understand the way it works (at least amongst us youngsters). We make 'friends' with all the bands/people who we like/admire, then others who visit your profile because they think IT is cool, see me as a friend/ or as a commenter and then might notice me, and start talking to me.
There are a few more tricks e.g. put on a photo of a famous person, tag it, all their 'friends' notice your profile.

I have only been on for a couple of months, and already made a few real friends.

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Comment from dunstergirl on 2008-04-26

2008-04-26T07:02:37Z

Another Luddite, I primarily use email as well. For me it's more about the amount of time spent on line socializing as opposed to actually getting things done - email is fast and easy and almost everyone I ever knew that I would still want to be in touch with has email addresses (my highschool was online long before Facebook etc. so I pretty much know whatever happened to so and so).

And my "active" social group (those in my own community) I see on a regular basis and have email for those short easy bits of communication. What ever happened to face-to-face conversations or even the telephone? We still use those methods a lot here out in the boonies...

I just find it a bit weird that electronic communications have almost superceded face-to-face (or even voice) connections even when people live practically next door.

I think perhaps email and other forms of electronic communication feel "safer" in some way, and I am guilty of same in certain situations. My kid is currently using email to reconcile with her father (who lives less than a mile away) - and I don't know if that's a good thing or not.

Thanks for a thought-provoking piece, even if it wasn't intended to provoke the thoughts I had...

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Comment from Mark on 2008-04-21

2008-04-21T19:20:00Z

I'm with you on the email Leo. I'm an academic and that is just the way we get things done these days. Less formally, I use Facebook to keep up with college friends. It's a great way to touch base and see what people are up to without having to spend hours tracking them down. It's a great cure for "I wonder whatever happened to....?" queries.

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