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Anti-Social Bastard

June26

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

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4 Comments to

“Anti-Social Bastard”

  1. On June 27th, 2007 at 8:48 pm Esther Says:

    Hi Cappuccino! I concur completely. I mean, why waste time with all the silly stuff (ok, what you called “social fabric” in this post), right? Quality not quantity, right? :)

  2. On June 27th, 2007 at 8:49 pm Esther Says:

    Btw…I’d like to clarify that I’m not quite a 9rules member, though I certainly wish I was! :) I’m just what you might call a groupie. Hee hee.

  3. On June 27th, 2007 at 9:29 pm Cappuccino Says:

    Quality is Key! And hope springs eternal for 9rules membership, you’re day will come!

  4. On July 9th, 2007 at 9:35 pm cooper Says:

    ha,
    Your personal blog is looking mighty fine.
    I’m not really sure what you are talking about with social fabric but that’s ok, I’m perpetually out of the loop technologically.

    I also have no clue who uses what browser to access my site, and am not sure it matters all that much. I don’t block IE users.

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