I almost deleted my facebook and twitter accounts this week. I spend hours every week reading updates, creating clever updates (or at least trying), or thinking about when I can get my next fix. Of course it seems odd that I am posting on another form of social site (tumblr), but let me explain. I am going to change the content of each site and the way I use them:
myspace: I am deleting my account.
facebook: The only reason I did not delete this account is because it is the only medium I have to keep in contact with many of my friends. I will be using facebook for most of my updates about my personal daily life, basically anything that will only interest my friends will go here. I have deleted Mafia Wars from facebook, because that too was taking up too much of my time and focus.
twitter: The only reason I did not delete this account is because I like to read news updates, friends updates, random people’s updates, and some celebrities updates. It is like a constantly updated RSS feed of small blog posts, and I like that. I will use twitter for updates that would interest more than my friends. The only catch is that I need to limit myself on how many times I check twitter daily.
tumblr: I am going to try to write blog posts here.
goodreads: I want to keep a running lists of books I read, and goodreads is as good a place as any.
I am also removing my name from all social sites other than facebook, including my email.
“Let The Great Experiment Begin!” - Tobias Fünke
