How do I use New Communication Technologies?

It's an interesting question and one that can yields answers of varying importance. In regards to myspace, I rarely leave comments or reply to other peoples comments. Part of this is laziness and another part is my hatred of the forced politeness that most people slip into, a kind of bland, useless exchange that hurts my brain. On the other hand it's good for arranging meetings that can't be done by phone, for example the time that my friend Archie and I were fishing at Lake Moondale and we decided to steal McCluskies half barrel of moonshine that his lopsided cousin had made and I made a comment concerning Archies sister and he punched me in the mouth, which caused my phone to tumble in to the lake, which then forced me to use myspace to confirm a dinner date for later that evening. In these situations, Myspace can be a blessing and also a welcome change from crickle crackle phones. My myspace friends list consists of friends and some acquaintances , all met in person and all whom have been confirmed as the online aliases they claim to be.

The same cannot be said for my Xbox Live friends, a mix match bag of people from most parts of the globe and none of these people, excluding my friend moonface, have been met by myself in person. Does this make them any less my friends? Perhaps. Would I invite L33t Snip3r or Bloodangel_69 to my son's 3rd birthday?A chilling thought. Fictional son aside, my Xbox Live friends tend to send me more messages and various requests through the television than my flesh friends. Could this be because I consistently meet in person with my most gripping and likeable flesh friends? I believe so.

The issue of privacy is an engaging one and allow me to use an analogy to communicate my thoughts to you. When a person decides that they are going to become a member of any number of Italian American crime families, they take an oath and then burn a picture of the holy saint. This oath pretty much states that they are entering a different world now and that by entering this world they have to deal with the consequences of their actions within that world. So if Johnny decides that he is going to go back on his word to another member of the family and decides to take the truck full of expensive fur coats to a different salesman, he must be prepared to face the consequences of his actions. The same reasoning applies to the internet. If you wish to put photos of yourself on the internet, then you must be prepared for the consequences. Besides, you can put a filter on that stuff anyway. So do I block my photos on Myspace? Of course not. Everyone wants to, maybe even needs to , see my photos of a stuffed toy raccoon playing a guitar with a violin bow.

Forums and chat rooms would probably have to be my most used form of socialising. The bubbling brook of postdom! Constantly repeating your hatred of Host leaving servers to boost your post count. Making your sick Battlestar Gallactica signature that has Starbuck stabbing a Cylon with a samurai sword. Ahh the sweet smell of victory. I rambled.

Till next time.

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