Deborah Mills Woodcarving wrote:
> Still feeling my way through all these new communication channels.  On 
> the one hand, I love finding references to people and information I'd 
> otherwise never know about; 
yes, I agree, that is a plus
> on the other hand, you need time to browse and nibble your way through 
> the thicket to reach those juicy berries. 
I have been finding that there are ways to develop filters, but it is 
certainly a kind of wild space
Suddenly I am connected to a poet from Bangladesh... i'm curious, but 
then i'm not curious in a hurry once I look -- and they want me to be 
responsive.
I think it takes a bit of stamina to ignore people.
> Also I'm old enough to be thoroughly weirded out over privacy issues.  
I deal with it by making up multiples of fake persona. When I first 
started to do e-mail and was getting all these, "Are you the real Ken 
Follett?" it got tedious in a hurry.
I own the @kenfollett twitter address, by the way. I felt very 
triumphant to get ahead of that curve by a very small measure.
> Facebook still feels like shouting with a bullhorn into a crowded room.
I am finding the room so crowded that it hardly makes any difference how 
loudly I may be inclined to shout.
A problem w/ the shouting is our thinking anyone that we could possibly 
care to have a conversation with will hear us.

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