What makes us reluctant to jump on bandwagons? Some people are all for it. I know I was especially so when I was younger and was willing to sign up on just about anything.
Now? Not so much.
Whatever the case I’ve finally been bitten by the Facebook bug and have been using it for a week or two now and enjoy it entirely too much. There’s not a lot that happens between others and myself on there but I’ve been amused mainly due to the applications, most notably Scrabulous (aka Scrabble) and whatever the book one is that I use. Being able to list books I’ve read, books that I’m currently reading, and also books that I want to read. The last I use mostly as a helpful guide as to what I actually own and haven’t read yet, though I believe I’ve added a few titles that I haven’t yet purchased. Not sure on that one.
Lastly I’ve had way too much fun being able to look at only local profiles (those in the Portland, OR network) with different “favorites.” Seeing others that have Igby Goes Down in their profiles has provided a good list of people with good movie tastes! I’ve messaged a few in an attempt to possibly spark some conversation and the only person to reply is the one I least expected a reply from since I had no intention of replying to anything sent back my way. Oh well.
Of course it’s also totally awesome that there’s an application that works with Wordpress (this blog software) that makes it so new entries show up linked on my profile. That’s handy, though I don’t think many people realize I’ve been updating this a fair amount recently. Doesn’t stop me from writing.