For all practical matters, I am a social outcast. Not in the conventional sense of the term, but rather the social network world of the Internet. A 9rule member that I enjoy e*star LA has a great post and visual about social landscape entitled — Where on the Online Map.

I’ve thought about trying to meld into the social fabric of the net, it just hasn’t worked to date. I either have turned into my parents and can’t stand it (as in the case of My Space), or i just don’t have a group of friends whose like to form networks. Maybe its because of children, they tend to nullify a lot of free time and energy.

The closest I have come is 9rules, the members are what I would describe as cognitive, creative and interesting. Its more about content than glitz, its more about discussion than drama. I like it, and with luck maybe I’ll get the golden ticket and be a member. Or maybe not, whether it happens or not I still get to enjoy it and participate, so its cool.

So social network wise, I am a social pariah and I am okay with that. Besides what I find vastly more interesting than which social network a person belongs to is what browser they use, what search engine and what blog they run. I think you can learn a lot more about a person from those criteria than any social network they might belong to.

For what its worth: Firefox, Google, WordPress