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I joined the Facebook community last week.  It is quite an amazing tool and shows you the importance of human networking.  For me it reinforces the theory of seven degrees of separation.  From that perspective Facebook is a great and useful tool.

Having said that I awoke from slumber at 2:00am the day after I joined.  I was hyper and wired.  That had not happened to me since leaving work back in April.  At work I used instant messaging, email, phone, virtual worlds and other technologies to get through my many tasks.  This would result in many interruptions and a scatter-brain feel.  A need to know what is going on everywhere...NOW!  Facebook has resurfaced that feeling.  As I go through my day I find myself wondering what is going on in my network of friends.  It interrupts my thoughts.  A touch of voyeurism.  So what is my friend up to and who is he friends with?  What is she doing?  What are those two over there talking about?  I need to know....NOW.

I will need to control this tool and prevent it from taking me back in time.  Gosh...what will happen when I am connected to the 'net with some sort of smart phone?

Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!

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Sleepwalker said…
Facebook is quite addictive but at least you learned something about yourself. And now that you have already suffered the consequences, you can limit your intake... maybe.
January 26, 2009
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