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It has occurred to me that being online used to be very passive. We would surf the web, read web sites, play a game here and there. While were were connected to the web we were disconnected from others on the web. Yes, there were still forums of course.
I think stuff like Twitter and Facebook make the web less passive and more interactive. You know that others are out there. When I first joined twitter I had not idea why or what I would do with it. But I read a blog post about it and figured I'd give it a try. After a week I was really into it. I "got" it. I've meet/reconnected with some friends and we "sort of" keep in touch via it now. It's like a quick "how ya doin" in the hall or elevator.
Look at the goodreads thread here. Most people posted that they didn't think they would use it. But, when they joined they got hooked. Spent alot of time on it. It is really good to interact with people with similar interests and see what they think about it. Face it, we all like talking about our favorite topics. (Heck, isn't that why we all love being here so much?)
So, I finally joined Facebook mostly to keep in touch with my family in RI... I found that my cousions had pages as do all my kids. (Although my number 2 son defriended me and my number one son hasn't accepted my friend request. Not sure if they are to embarresed for me to see what they post.) It has been interesting so far.
BOb
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