On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:07:08 +0000 (UTC), elaich wrote:

> Mark Thorson > wrote in :
>
>> I'd worry more about the generation which followed us,
>> putting up their pictures and life stories and networks
>> of friends up on Facebook, etc. All that stuff is going
>> to live forever, and many will regret what they've made
>> public. Compared to that, RFC is small potatoes.
>
> Far worse than that is Twitter. You constantly post what you are doing and
> where you are, and you have 'followers' (stalkers?) who follow your every
> move. Juvenile, twisted, and sick - and that sadly seems normal to our
> children.

frankly, i think twitter will die before usenet. how much useful
information can you really put in 140 characters? (i say that knowing full
well that many of my posts are shorter than that.)

your pal,
blake