http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/Channel8/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel8.msdn.com/Tags/live+spaces/live spaceshttp://channel8.msdn.com/Tags/live+spaces/en-usThu, 31 Jan 2008 19:05:55 GMTThu, 31 Jan 2008 19:05:55 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3229.2473, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<img src="http://channel8.msdn.com/Link/3ebee132-6f80-4274-97a6-9df6a5ad97a7/" border="0" />Are 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> ;-)? <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/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).Max17http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Social-Networking-is-it-making-you-anti-social/RSS/http://channel8.msdn.com/1713/Trackback.aspxChannel 8dodgeballFacebookfriendsterimeemlinkedinlive spacesmyspacesocial networkingtwitter