What IS a Social Network?

I have to admit - I was an only child and pretty shy - so the digital age of communication is appealing to me. I can get pretty much anything I need without combing my hair or putting on pants. But as I try to connect with people, I'm torn in half - then in half again - that would be 4 pieces I think … or would it be 3?

Anyway,

Facebook makes me feel like I'm looking into people's windows (those that are my "friends" anyway). So they must be looking looking into mine right? "Oh look, Tate joined a group! … he's so … uh … RAD!" … see, Rad is probably not what anyone says, but how do I know?

My blog makes me feel like everyone is watching - but I know no one is.
In fact, the time stamp of this will be during work hours - so people might think I was wasting time at work … Would I do THAT? I actually wrote it and saved it last night but I'm editing it now. That'll teach you to get into my business! Wait - What's going on?

MySpace is just crazy - Give a teenager a web-page for free and all of the sudden I wanna throw up after looking at it - not really sure where I'm going with that but anyway … so I never go there because women I don't know contact me … and I don't need that sort of strange pseudo-temptation or whatever it is.

LinkedIn seems like a nice place to post my professional resumé type stuff … I haven't found a real problem there - yet - except for the fact that it creates the illusion that I'm somehow in a virtual world where jobs and money will shoot out of the computer. Nothing as of yet.

Now … back to that blog …