A Clarification

An unfortunate side effect to blogging off the cuff (and at midnight) is that one often finds that, after a day in existence, one's work is somewhat incomplete. Ergo, in the spirit of gracious correction, I would make a clarification to last night's posting, "The Enabler."

While I have accused "Face/Space" of being an enabler for stupidity, it was, by no means, intended to malign all users of either service. A careful reader will note that I have only mentioned three groups of attention-seeking users, these being the "online secret agents," the "irresponsible photography," folks, and the "kings and queens of drama." That said, it should have been made clear that there are millions of users who simply use the service to stay in touch with far-flung friends and relations. I am, myself, a member of these sites so at worst I am poking fun at myself as well. I would like to think, though, that I am one of the "normal" users who simply use the service to stay in touch. As my co-writer and editor inform me that I am correct in this belief, I shall take it as fact.

Thus, to clarify, we wish to hold blameless all of the users of both Facebook and MySpace (and any other similar service, for that matter) who resist the temptation to spy on their friends and enemies, who do not upload embarassing photos of themselves in a bid to enter the social spotlight, and who refrain from causing scandalous and dramatic problems for everyone around them. Not only this, but we wish to praise such users and models of online etiquette.

Kudo's, Normal Users.

Cheers!

The Writing and Research Department