No sooner do I cry uncle figuring I’m never going to figure out how to put up a decent myspace page, along come a couple of splinters, namely crimespace and coffeetimeromance–two new social networking communities that focus on–you guessed it crime and romance writing respectively. Truthfully, I like the idea of idea of communicating with folks who are interested in what I’m interested in, as opposed to dabbling in some vast community and hoping folks come to visit. However, how many networks am I going to have to join? If I join for crime and romance, then I’ll have to find a network for crime/romance and one for black folks and the one just for women I’ve been invited to and one for Bronxites and one for mom’s being driven crazy by their teenage sons who all of a sudden swear they are grown.
Is all this online socializing a blessing or a curse. I’ll be damned if I know, but right now I’ve got to go have dinner face to face with the rest of my family. Now that’s scary.
Dee -
I have wondered the very thing myself…most of the contacts I have are through one or two groups and my own blog…myspace works to some extent…I unsubscribed myself earlier this year from four or five groups…I weeded through and stayed with the ones that fed me…so to speak….winking
angelia
I hear ya, Angela! I think I will still try to finish my myspace page, add some friends and call it a day, though. We’ll see.
All the best,
Dee