The "friending" article in USA Today that I wasn't in

[giza]

A couple of weeks ago, a reporter from USA Today contacted me about this post I had made about friending people on LJ. She wanted to interview me for an article on the whole concept of friending. So we set up a time and did a phone interview about the concept. We discussed both LiveJournal and MySpace.

Amusingly enough, I didn't end up getting quoted in the final article. But reading through it, I think the quotes that were used in the article were worded far better than anything I could have said on the subject. (I'm a geek, not an orator)

Anyway, here's the article:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-09-19-friending_x.htm

Enjoy!

Comments

[unclekage.livejournal.com]

Which is precisely 100% why I do not list anyone on my "friends" list. I don't want to deal with "teh drama" should I accidentally overlook someone, or have to remove someone.

[zeeth_kyrah]

It helps if you avoid people who engage in drama in the first place.

[sagejackal.livejournal.com]

Kirk Kage: I reprogrammed the simulation LiveJournal so it was possible to rescue the ship avoid drama.
Saavik Sage: What?
David Marcus Giza: He cheated.
Kirk Kage: I changed the conditions of the test friends list. I got a commendation for original thinking. I don't like to lose.

< /Star Trek II >

[furahi.livejournal.com]

I feel a sudden urge to cut my friends list in half, ugh x.x

Every time a new quotation with a "like" awkwardly placed between the sentences came up I felt my IQ like dropping a couple of notches

Ah well, I believe most of the people in my list aren't like that, and if they are they don't show it, so... I will still trip it sooner than later ^oo^