Social Networking Websites

Its as if the world has gone mad. Its driving me up the wall- what with a gazillion "social networking" websites mushrooming all over cyber-space.

So in order to not seem rude to your friends you decided to accept their 752nd invitation to be their friend (which you already are) through a website. And magically, it appears you need to "sign up" yourself. Surprising no? Before you know it you have also sent everyone in your address books an invitation to "be my friend". Gaah!

Initially it was exciting you know, to find that people you knew personally (and in some cases not so personally as well) had their names on the same website as you. But then, it pretty much ended at that. What next? The damn website clutters your mailbox with "updates" on how close they are to world domination now that another 12 people have registered on their site. But thats pretty much where it seems to end. Apart from seeing peoples names on such websites I doubt if there is really a particular purpose to these websites.

I am still wondering if they get their employees to rite the recommendations they usually have on these sites like "Its the Greatest thing to happen! - Stew Pidity" They might as well write the employee id as well under these massively annoying quotes. And if these are real people, how bored are they to be so excited by names of other people on a website to think its the best thing to happen to them?? Is it them or am I in the Twilight Zone??