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Or maybe even <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com">Channel 8</a> ;-)? <br /> <br /> I am.  And as I read through Facebook’s live news feed about all my “friends,” I realized that as I am catching up on people’s lives around the world, there are many of which I have not spoken to in literally weeks, months, or even years!  Yet I know so much about them such as the basics like where they live, what they look like wearing a toga, and what they are doing RIGHT THIS MINUTE! <br /> <br /> So riddle me this, 8ers… do you believe that having all these social networking sites have better connected you with your fellow friends local and far, or has it created a curtain for you to hide behind and ironically distanced you from the very people you are reading about?   <br /> <br /> Bonus: +10 points to whoever can tell me first what percentage stake Microsoft has in Facebook (take a guess without looking it up).<img src="http://channel8.msdn.com/1713/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Social-Networking-is-it-making-you-anti-social/Are you on Facebook? MySpace? Live Spaces? imeem? LinkedIn? Meetup? Friendster? Orkut? Dodgeball? Twitter? Or maybe even Channel 8 ? I am.  And as I read through Facebook’s live news feed about all my “friends,” I realized that as I am catching up on people’s lives around the world, there are many of which I have not spoken to in literally weeks, months, or even years!  Yet I know so much about them such as the basics like where they live, what they look like wearing a toga, and what they are doing RIGHT THIS MINUTE! So riddle me this, 8ers… do you believe that having all these social networking sites have better connected you with your fellow friends local and far, or has it created a curtain for you to hide behind and ironically distanced you from the very people you are reading about?   Bonus: +10 points to whoever can tell me first what percentage stake Microsoft has in Facebook (take a guess without looking it up).http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Social-Networking-is-it-making-you-anti-social/Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:16:00 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Social-Networking-is-it-making-you-anti-social/2871http://channel8.msdn.com/1713/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Are you on <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a>? <a href="http://www.myspace.com">MySpace</a>? <a href="http://spaces.live.com">Live Spaces</a>? <a href="http://www.imeem.com">imeem</a>? <a href="http://www.LinkedIn.com">LinkedIn</a>? <a href="http://www.meetup.com">Meetup</a>? <a href="http://www.friendster.com">Friendster</a>? <a href="http://www.orkut.com">Orkut</a>? <a href="http://www.dodgeball.com">Dodgeball</a>? <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a>? Or maybe even <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com">Channel 8</a> <img src='/emoticons/C9/emotion-5.gif' alt='Wink' />? <br /> <br /> I am. And as I read through Facebook’s live news feed about all my “friends,” I realized that as I am catching up on people’s lives around the world, there are many of which I have not spoken to in literally weeks, months, or even years! Yet I know so much about them such as the basics like where they live, what they look like wearing a toga, and what they are doing RIGHT THIS MINUTE! <br /> <br /> So riddle me this, 8ers… do you believe that having all these social networking sites have better connected you with your fellow friends local and far, or has it created a curtain for you to hide behind and ironically distanced you from the very people you are reading about? <br /> <br /> Bonus: +10 points to whoever can tell me first what percentage stake Microsoft has in Facebook (take a guess without looking it up).MaxMax17http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Social-Networking-is-it-making-you-anti-social/RSS/http://channel8.msdn.com/1713/Trackback.aspxChannel 8dodgeballFacebookfriendsterimeemlinkedinlive spacesmyspacesocial networkingtwitter