An apology - Facebook frienders
Hi guys - if anyone has added me as a friend on Facebook recently but I’ve ignored the request it’s because I’m doing my best to keep Facebook for my friends only - people whose updates I know for certain I am interested in seeing pepper my minifeed.
Please do not take this personally - in fact, it’s precisely because our relationship is impersonal. Facebook is the one service whose value gets diluted if I’m indiscriminate in establishing communication pathways with random people. But I warmly invite you to connect to me on a great number of other wired services - you wouldn’t be diluting them at all, you’d be enriching them.
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