By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:45:49 +0000

Kate – yes! That’s exactly what I’m talking about . In my case, I think I have lots of people I know using Twitter, but it would be a matter of finding them, asking them to connect, the social angst of “maybe they don’t want to connect” as well as the time it takes to do that — it all adds up.

Another example – I just joined Ravelry and when I realized that the first step was uploading photos and entering info about myself I almost thought — “oh no – too much effort.” And it was worse because I couldn’t seem to find anyone I know there (even though I know they’re there). If I hadn’t found a couple of baby things patterns almost immediately to knit for the approximately one million babies I know who are coming soon – I might not have spent that hour making my Ravelry profile look real, you know? And as it is, I’ve done the minimum.

By: mizinformation

mizinformation — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:59:52 +0000

Oddly, I’ve had a twitter account since–just had to check–September and have just started using it this week because I met several local people IRL who use it and I wanted to play too. Partially I was resisting because I don’t need any more ways to procrastinate, but mostly it was because I didn’t really know many people who used it and it feels a little creepy to just start “following” people, even if it is all out in public. There are other reasons too (Seriously, no one wants to know what I’m doing most of the time. I’m really, really boring) but tapping in to the social network I’m already a part of somewhere else is key.

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