apologetics

here's the thing, i have been an outspoken critic of most of the other hosts for 'online communities' [i.e. xanga, facebook, myspace, etc.] for quite some time. there are several good reasons for this, other than the inconvenience of chasing others across various domains, having to become a member just to leave a one-line comment or e-prop. the biggest problem i have is that most of these hosts are set up only to provide a front-page 'personality', & the interaction that takes place is only in the form of disjointed comments that are unrelated to those preceding and following. i also am concerned with the fact that many people 'interact' far more in these superficial domains than they do in their everyday lives, but that's another rant for another day. even so, in order to try and follow a thread of conversation, one must attempt to piece these tidbits together by traversing many different host-sites that are largely inaccessible unless one has an account with that particular host. so what does that leave us with? several online personalities all saying the same thing about us, in one form or another, just to satisfy our urge for superficial electronic 'connection'. i started with this blog through Blogger, then gave in to Xanga only so far as to set up a facade to lead my Xanga friends back here. then my brother & others got on Facebook [don't bother following this link unless you have a FB account] so i had to do that one too. which brings me to the pros/cons of competing sites. Facebook & Myspace DO have certain features like being able to search for long lost 'friends' that you would otherwise have blissfully lived without or connect to hot singles in your bracket, etc; & Xanga & Myspace DO grant you the powers to easily stream music on your front page. although it is frustrating that when you click on a different section of the site the music cuts off or restarts, or it interferes with what you were already listening to, etc. anyway, the POINT is, i begrudgingly gave in to Myspace because i had to to find a particular person, & now i have yet another place to sign in & check for messages...

in closing, i just wish that more people would use the BLOG sections of their Myspace & Facebook accounts. if you are going to spend ridiculous amounts of time online, crafting your e-you, at least give others some insight into who the hell you are, what you think about, etc., other than your vital statistics. you'll make the internets a better place.