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or. why you should be on Facebook, Linkedin, and maybe Twitter, too
By Debbie Gardner
PRIME Editor
I recently added a text package to my cell phone.
I did this so I could better keep up with the comings and goings of my 20 and 30-something nieces and nephews.
I also did it so I could be more accessible to some of my younger colleagues at Reminder Publications.
Do I love texting?
At this point I'm not really certain. The typist in me craves a phone with a full keyboard (not this silly scrolling through letters and switching screens for punctuation and numbers) and a dictionary of abbreviations.
Did I feel I needed to do this to keep up?
You bet.
I feel much the same way about experimenting with what's come to be known as social media.
You know, Web sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
So far, I've resisted signing on to most of this online stuff.
To me, the spectre of opening a Facebook page or Twitter account just means one more thing I'll need to look at and update, and I've already got two e-mail accounts and two work Web sites to check on a daily basis.
I've also felt funny putting so much of myself "out there," where an online world full of strangers can find out about me. What if an old boyfriend wants to "friend" me on Facebook or follows my tweets? What do I do?
You see, at heart, I'm a pretty private person. I keep an old-fashioned paper journal and still call my closest friends on the phone when I have time (though I do regularly e-mail certain friends because our schedule...
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