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Social Networking in 140 characters

I haven’t blogged in quite a while, since I found that my emotions could be condensed into 140 characters - embracing the likes of twitter.com, ping.fm, facebook status updates and similar social networking facilitators. However, I don’t spend as much time on these social sites (as it may immediately appear), since most sites have allowed each other to steal status updates via a myriad of services. You just have to take the time to interconnect them all and keep track of all the passwords. In fact if you look at some of the older posts, a few of my thoughts slipped through the cracks and were delivered as blogs. But… are 140 characters enough to deliver a sentiment or a link? I think NOT. The internet became a sea of abbreviations and condensed terms to fit into the tight space – LMAO, LMFAO, OMG, BRB, GTG. This changes the way we speak and acronyms have become commonplace, virtually shouted to someone who will listen. Social sites are full of people trying to leverage the medium as a