tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186830196259994932.post8007142943271925354..comments2023-10-12T07:59:39.719-04:00Comments on Wandering through: Status update: feeling like a twitLightlighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14728861437303871153noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186830196259994932.post-40692772544133466882009-05-09T19:38:00.000-04:002009-05-09T19:38:00.000-04:00Brave you are, my friend. Well done. I can see how...Brave you are, my friend. Well done. I can see how you'd feel free. How's things post-Facebook? You should write an update. Maybe there's hope for us all, particularly, the insanely addicted. :-)Claudianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186830196259994932.post-30584508623136881052009-05-03T13:17:00.000-04:002009-05-03T13:17:00.000-04:00I finally managed to figure out how to get to your...I finally managed to figure out how to get to your blog on my own, and I'm really glad I did. Its true what you say. What I find particularly sinister about Facebook is how it constantly tries to extend your network of 'friends'...like some spider spinning its web and cocooning you tighter and tighter into it. Still, whatever its faults, I do have to give it credit for connecting me with long-lost friends. I have also come to appreciate some acquaintances (through the articles they post or status updates) that I never really bothered to get to know when I was physically around them. I agree its bizarre that you know people's grocery shopping habits...but knowing these mundane things can also make you feel closer to them, and make them and their lives more 'real'. <br />So, I'm staying for now...lets see how long the love-affair lasts!prpriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17177443870933114761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186830196259994932.post-19285015891981976812009-04-26T08:09:00.000-04:002009-04-26T08:09:00.000-04:00I had missed this, but it is beautifully written. ...I had missed this, but it is beautifully written. The larger issues are all very true, but yu are such a gifted writer--as seen from this blog itself-- and capable of so much more than broadcasting your daily itinerary that I am so glad that you have reusmed blogging.<br />Enjoyed it. <br />As the great German said `the unexamined life is not worty living` and this was a great `self-examination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186830196259994932.post-50970808911092078392009-04-21T07:24:00.000-04:002009-04-21T07:24:00.000-04:00Good for you! I tried for the longest time to get ...Good for you! I tried for the longest time to get myself off FB. For me though there was something about the solitude of writing a dissertation though that makes you want to 'plug in' to people's lives all the time. Weird right? <br /><br />If getting off facebook means that you stay an active blogger I am all for it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186830196259994932.post-65131191218687812102009-04-21T00:33:00.000-04:002009-04-21T00:33:00.000-04:00I admire you, for you are a true scholar. You just...I admire you, for you are a true scholar. You just cited in your blog Youtube: "'broadcast ourselves' (to borrow from youtube)" So sweet.chanbonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238437843684667158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186830196259994932.post-1140168451220223042009-04-20T04:50:00.000-04:002009-04-20T04:50:00.000-04:00Ha, perfectly said.
I was addicted to orkut too,...Ha, perfectly said. <br /><br />I was addicted to orkut too, it meant happiness in the initial stages (2004) and a potential fishing arena.<br />But the social networking phenomenon was rather new then and no wisdom available. <br />Scraps were bearers of news (some, important, any, whatever) in my boring and unchanging life.<br /><br />Slowly, it became painful (attachment causes suffering), especially getting in touch with people from the past, wonder, why they thought, the past was over and done with and that new technology had turned us all into imitations of the father of the nation.<br /><br />This January, a Pakistani dude hacked into my account and I used the golden chance to get out of it.<br /><br />I think I am done with them now.itineranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764520998085530843noreply@blogger.com