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Consider it a sickness: I've registered myself and my face on various networking websites for fear of being excluded from the great chain of being, or remember poor Sandra Bullock in The Net? It's a type of OCD I know, but living like a hermit is not healthy either. I started with hi5, then moved onto Myspace, bebo, LinkedIn, claimID and ziki. Identity management is an enormous task, especially when you are seen on a few sites. One of the greatest joy of course is to find lost friends who have no lives outside cyberspace like you, or check out their goodlooking male mates. My recent favourite is Facebook, which was recommended by my mum (weird, I know). When I finally registered, she had already been leaving silly comments and uploading pictures. Facebook has a nicer template, interesting functions and is not controlled by Bush-loving Murdoch. It's such a great waste of time--I like!

Posted by Rachel on March 9, 2007 12:35 PM |