Social Networking

[Ralph Copleman]

I signed up for a Twitter account, but apparently I have no need to  
tweet, so I'm not sure why I did it.  The very sound of the word, in  
English anyway,  is enough of a clue to me about the quality of the  
connection, though I suppose there will always be a place in our lives  
for the small comings and goings.

Facebook.  Signed up there, too.  I check it about every second or  
third day.  I keep waiting for something to happen, something worth  
sinking teeth into.  Even if I say something I hope might result in  
richer dialogue, little of lasting import transpires.  But I must say  
I like it.  It's easy, and some folks I love whom I don't see  
regularly do post messages there.  Have heard from two old college  
chums, too, but I cannot say we are "re-connected" in any richer  
sense.  Linkedin.  Plaxo.  Forget them.  All I ever get are  
invitations to "connect" to people.  Nothing else.  No dialogue at  
all.  None.  I suppose I could derive benefit from them if I "worked"  
them, but I don't feel the need.

Live and let live is my motto, and in my case, intimacy is what I  
crave, not more ways to skip along your surface.  Want me to "follow"  
you?  Write me something about what's really going on with you, and  
ask questions.  Send it to me.  I'll answer.  Want to follow me?   
Well, ask me what you want to know.  And I'll ask you questions, too.   
I'm not sure I want to bother the world with what I have for breakfast  
each day.  I understand some fame-soaked celebrities have people who  
ghost-write their tweets.

Face-to-face.  Telephone conversation.  Letters and e-mail.   
Listserves.  Everything else.  In that order.  The farther I go down  
the list, the less I experience any space being held by anyone, for  
anyone.  And here's a quote that came to mind for me.  Seems connected  
to this, sort of.

"…the more sensitive and profound are your answers, the more effective  
the results."
										–– Peter Koestenbaum

I'm off to deal with the growing backlash against the need to do a  
little something about global warming.  Who ARE these people!?

Ralph Copleman





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