There is a certain comfort in being able to post my rants in this space knowing that few will actually read them. I am thinking about “LovelyButton”, the woman thrust into fame by Conan O’Brien, when he randomly started “following” her on Twitter. I don’t quite understand the draw of sites like Twitter. I mean, how immediate do posts have to be? Is there really an advantage to “post as you go” rather than collecting your thoughts into an essay, and post it on a blog?
On the other hand, I would rather read random thoughts then get more virtual farm animals, or flowers on Facebook.