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Anti-social networking (and a question about my iPhone)

Posted: August 31st, 2007 | Author: EricaJoy | Filed under: iPhone, social networking |

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Yesterday, I denied a LinkedIn request. The day before that, I asked my childhood “boyfriend” who he was before I approved his Facebook friend request. I deny MySpace friend requests regularly. I am a practitioner of anti-social networking.

Online hermit? Maybe. My friends/following/contacts lists are full of people I either went to school with, work with, or met somewhere along the way in life. Don’t get me wrong, I will approve the requests of people I don’t know but only if they come with a reference from someone I know. Take DYKC. I didn’t know him, but Baratunde did so I added him on Twitter and now we’re friends. I didn’t know Baratunde but calinative did and so he made the lists. For me, that is how social networking is supposed to work. I don’t subscribe to the theory that its a huge free for all, where strangers are to meet strangers that have no connection to them whatsoever. Thats what dating sites are for.

Moving on. I got my iPhone. Woo! Thats about as much excitement as I can muster at the moment, however I do love it. Best device ever, so on and so forth. I have a question about something for the legal eagles who may be reading. Is it legal for Apple to force me to activate my phone before I am able to use the Apple Care that I’ve already paid for?

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  • What is a friend?

    August 31, 2007 at 8:30 am

    [...] this has been a really HOT topic in the blogs for months, so I find it ironic that InformationWeek ...

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