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Paul M. Cook Paul M. Cook is offline
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"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> Paul wrote:
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>> Social networking ironically really appeals to anti-social people.

>
> I don't think that's true, even in general. Antisocial people (like
> clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz) are more likely to be frightened
> off by the privacy issues which are associated with social networks.



You can have all the privacy you want on a social network Or none. That's
my point, what you see is not what you get. That cute chick that friended
you could just as well be a 400 pound sumo wrestler with halitosis and
flatulence. And that type is VERY much attracted to online "socializing"
because it enables them to crafted a world of their own creation where they
are the center of the universe.

Paul