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rebeccmeister) wrote2007-04-16 04:12 pm
rebeccmeister) wrote2007-04-16 04:12 pm
Profile this, profile that
For the third time in the past week my friends have tried to get me to join some additional profiling website or another. First it was MySpace and Facebook (and multiple people tried, all pretty much at the same time!), and now Twitter must be added to the list.
I'm still opposed to the idea. I would like to think my recalcitrance is because I value personal narrative above profiling and instant-messaging, and because I don't like the popularity-contest nature of many such sites. LiveJournal shares some of the qualities of the above sites, but I like to think that it's different somehow--smaller, more personal. Mostly, I'm just not interested in composing and maintaining a bunch of different profiles, none of which will really portray who I am. I tried Friendster, but it got old quickly. I spend enough time on the internet as it is. And I'd rather not have students find out more about me on the internets without going through the trouble required to find this blog. It's not extremely well-hidden, but you have to know a few key pieces of information to track it down. One such thing is enough.
Well, back to grading.
I'm still opposed to the idea. I would like to think my recalcitrance is because I value personal narrative above profiling and instant-messaging, and because I don't like the popularity-contest nature of many such sites. LiveJournal shares some of the qualities of the above sites, but I like to think that it's different somehow--smaller, more personal. Mostly, I'm just not interested in composing and maintaining a bunch of different profiles, none of which will really portray who I am. I tried Friendster, but it got old quickly. I spend enough time on the internet as it is. And I'd rather not have students find out more about me on the internets without going through the trouble required to find this blog. It's not extremely well-hidden, but you have to know a few key pieces of information to track it down. One such thing is enough.
Well, back to grading.