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No Face and No Space

I briefly had both a "Facebook" and "Myspace" account. I found both sites to be somewhat creepy to tell the truth. Creepy in the same way people who sit down next to me on the train and start talking to me are creepy. Ick! I don't want to actually talk to people unless I know them already. I'm extremely shy actually, though most people don't realize it. Being around people outside of work and home makes me very nervous, especially if I'm supposed to talk. These sites both are oriented towards the sort of chatty people who give me the screaming willies.

I was OK with them at first except I got two "requests to be friend" emails from people on Myspace that I never heard of before, looking at their profiles I could not figure out why they would want to be my friend or even talk to me, we had nothing at all in common.

So I did the logical thing and canceled both accounts. I no longer have a face or a space :-)

If someone reads my blog and wants to comment I'm cool with that, a conversation with someone who at least has a clue as to who I am is a good thing. But someone contacting me from out of the blue void of Myspace was just weird.

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