Well, I tried Gather. A website for MPR members is the way they bill themselves. Adults! Great! The trouble is that I already have a real-world (as opposed to a virtual) social network. I'm maxed out. I don't really want any more online friends. I have a hard enough time keeping up with the people I know in real life.
For people my age, the Internet is a great social tool for strengthening and maintaining the ties we formed at an earlier stage in life. When I think of increasing the volume of those ties (more emails, more "responding," more kids' names to remember, anniversaries to congratulate) I feel mostly fatigued.
Well on my way to achieving the curmudgeon status I've always aspired to, I guess.
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