Too much of social networking!

[Had this scribbled quite (and I mean quite) a while back. Safely kept as a draft. On second reading I'd flame myself , so don't fret.]

"Marta has just sent me a message." And I've no clue who the lady is! This is just another of my failures at trying to keep in touch with reality. With your typical 9-8 work time, when do you get time to find out what everyone's upto? Oh yea add to that the 'onsite' folks who wake up when you're about to hit the sack. Voice is simply not cool any more, it has to be a scrap or a post at least a tweet!

Anyway Facebook, orkut, Twitter, WAYN, LinkedIn where does it stop? Honestly I wouldn't even realise if a friend suddenly decided that I wasn't 'friend enough' and drops right off my list! Do I need to accept every request that comes through my spam filter? Do I really need to add as a 'friend' anyone I've studied or worked with? Do I need to reciprocate when someone becomes a 'fan' or someone writes a testimonial? More than half the people I would never (or they would ever!) even message more than once! And why oh why do you want to know what you're doing now?

My social network has become more of an address book. Some of you may give me that weird look now, but spare a moment and reflect.
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Done? In the end aren't we all hypocrites? I'll still go ahead and add that friend I met only once at the grocers. Never know when I'll need a favour... (ok may not be the best example, but you get the (evil) idea. We all need social acceptance. I do, don't you?)