[lbo-talk] two quotes on the social web

[Dorene Cornwell]

I am barely even tempted to social networking, much less to twitter. If I
need more stimulation I just poke around at the electronic free association
Google dishes up around Gmail.

DC

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:13 AM, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:


> I haven't jumped on the Twitter bandwagon yet, but
> sometimes it is tempting. It seems like people are
> basically using the "status updates" on Facebook and
> MySpace as a twitter, anyway, already. Everything
> really is being reduced to ADHD-friendly soundbytes,
> it feels like sometimes.
>
> I'm close to the point of holing up in a mountain in
> Tennessee and riding out this apocalypse:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Go-Go-Girls-Apocalypse-Victor-Gischler/dp/1416552251/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219425044&sr=8-1
>
> -B.
>
>
>
> shag wrote:
>
> "If smart people are falling into the blog brain death
> spiral too, who the hell is going to actually DO
> SOMETHING to advance civilization instead of just
> linking to other people linking to something, all
> trying to get Google ad money" Adam Beberg
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