Twitter

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 06-26-2008, 09:38 AM

It feels a bit like stalking, or reading a laundry list journal where the person only writes:

7:00 a.m. I woke up.

7:30 a.m. I am finished getting dressed and now I am eating a bagel.

9:00 a.m. Back at the office. Bah. Traffic was horrible.

I too don't have a desire for people to know what I'm up to every hour of the day; I'm sure it would bore. And I lack the desire to know what you're all up to every hour of the day. I suppose it could replace the postcard if one is away on vacation. I keep waiting for the day when most people use Evite for wedding invitations to save some money.

But some use Twitter to post humorous 1-line observations, and they can be playful and fun. I don't much like the idea that a friendship between two people can be reduced to 1 sentence. And why bother when you can come to the LoT to carry on an actual conversation, or read a thoughtful blog post with the ability to respond, as if there was a pony express dialog taking place (albeit in "public").

MySpace has become a place I go to find new music.

Facebook is something I mostly use for work, though I am having more fun playing around with it than I thought, and long lost acquaintances who didn't find me through MySpace and Friendster have contacted me on Facebook. Mostly it feels like yet another place where everything seems to happen at once but nothing is really happening at all. I do enjoy Text Twirl and Scrabulous, though. Some of the game apps are amusing.

Alex · 06-26-2008, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I keep waiting for the day when most people use Evite for wedding invitations to save some money.

There was a long article in USA Today about electronic wedding invitations. It was the weekend edition out when we were at Kings Canyon (someone left that section in the snack bar and I read it when I was eating breakfast Saturday morning).

Apparently Evite is considered kind of crude for it but there are several "classier" services available. Experts were split on whether this marked the end of civilized society or not.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 06-26-2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Experts were split on whether this marked the end of civilized society or not.

Oy vey. And hah!

If it saves money to print up a save the date card for people's fridges (if civilized people insist on having something in print) and have the bulk of the info and responses online, I say more money for vacations, etc.

Granted, I don't want to get married, so maybe I'm not the best judge.

06-26-2008, 09:38 AM	#1
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	It feels a bit like stalking, or reading a laundry list journal where the person only writes: 7:00 a.m. I woke up. 7:30 a.m. I am finished getting dressed and now I am eating a bagel. 9:00 a.m. Back at the office. Bah. Traffic was horrible. I too don't have a desire for people to know what I'm up to every hour of the day; I'm sure it would bore. And I lack the desire to know what you're all up to every hour of the day. I suppose it could replace the postcard if one is away on vacation. I keep waiting for the day when most people use Evite for wedding invitations to save some money. But some use Twitter to post humorous 1-line observations, and they can be playful and fun. I don't much like the idea that a friendship between two people can be reduced to 1 sentence. And why bother when you can come to the LoT to carry on an actual conversation, or read a thoughtful blog post with the ability to respond, as if there was a pony express dialog taking place (albeit in "public"). MySpace has become a place I go to find new music. Facebook is something I mostly use for work, though I am having more fun playing around with it than I thought, and long lost acquaintances who didn't find me through MySpace and Friendster have contacted me on Facebook. Mostly it feels like yet another place where everything seems to happen at once but nothing is really happening at all. I do enjoy Text Twirl and Scrabulous, though. Some of the game apps are amusing.
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