Thoughts on social networking

Hmmm. Still trying to get a handle on the notion of social networking. I have a tendency to say the wrong things at the wrong time, or to the wrong people. I've been pretty lucky with email so far, as the line is pretty clear between what's published and what's not. Yet, the fear is there. And once the button is pressed, the deed is done.

And just now, I do believe, I exposed an old blog of mine (this one, in fact). Commentary on news that is too old to be news anymore, but, perhaps, too recent to be history. And thus, a bit embarrassing for me. As it falls between the cracks of relevancy.

Social networking takes a bit of 'getting use to." It's a party where you're suppose to stay on the surface of things. Don't get too deep. And stay away from topics that might be too controversial. Yet, alone with my words, I am usually too vulnerable to my own honesty, or maybe the lies I want to believe. Truth or fiction, the words appear in tangible print. And then what? Erase? Commit to a private journal? or share? Why write them down if they are to be hidden? And yet, words in print help to clarify my thoughts.

Back to social networking then, and the thoughts I want to share. Friends are now acquaintances and co-workers, family and, well, friends. The flip side of networking is privacy, and the control we like to have in sharing information with others. It's a bit much for me to navigate these new waters, to avoid the shoals and coral reefs of social censure, and reach deeper waters where the soul is free.