Social Networks

I have been doing some thinking about all of the social networks out there: Myspace, Bebo, Facebook, Tagged, etc. What is really the purpose? I once had an account on many of the sites but there were still quite a few that I just have never had. Did I use them all? NO! I also used to have much more time to just sit on the internet and just look and play on the sites but overtime I have found myself actually wanting to have a life away from the internet. I mean I few sites are ok but I have found myself updating and checking them less and less.

Why have multiple sites with the same friends? Can we all not jut get on one mainstream site? Why do people use the sites to see how you have been? Can you not pick up the phone or send an E-mail?

I have found that in order to keep up with all the sites you must stay on the computer several hours doing that alone... just maintaining these site. NO... NO MORE. For quite a few months now I have shied away from the sites and even contemplated if I even still wanted them.

I look back at all the sites I had forgot about or just plan abandoned because I gre tired of them. There was hi5 I mean my account was there but I have not been on in over a year.... Why even have it. There is bebo ... I swear that place is just for kids, but then again it was my kids who convinced me to get it. I never check that either let the kids have their space! I get invites all the time to stuff... what the heck is tagged? I mean really what was twitter? I mean who has time to update 10 times a day what they are doing... NOT ME! I have goals and things that I want to obtain soon and twitter aint doing nothing but wasting 5 mins of my day.

I have eliminated all the extra from myspace but decided to keep it because I do have quite a few modeling contacts on there so I kept it for modeling purposes only! I have to admit Facebook has been like a free version of reunion.com or classmates.com. I have even met some people and grew closer friendships with some people from work. But I really don't want these same people ALL in my personal life but have decided to keep facebook for that purpose only. Close friends know how to reach me!

Really I just wonder why would you have all these sites? Who has time to have a normal life and keep up with them all? What is the purpose? Do they matter? Maybe they should create one site that combines all of out social as well as business networks together and you could have your own friends under each one on this ONE PAGE. Until then in the coming weeks and days I have time I am eliminating some of the unnecessary stuff and pages. I am sorry this is just for me I don't feel the need to have all of this and really have grown quite tired of it. Am I wrong for feeling that way?