My Good/Bad Idea?

So, after much arm twisting, yesterday I joined facebook. Yet more time wasted online. Yea.

Then, last night, I had a frightening thought.
What if all these people I know start sharing information about me? Not maliciously, but just as a matter of course. I mean, who’s on the contact list so far: cousin, friend, classmates, buddy, ex, ex, employer… This is just asking for worlds to collide.

That got me thinking some more.
Isn’t that sort of open-book approach to life, in some ways, a good idea?
But it’s not just an open book–hell, blogs and diaries aren’t new–it’s an open book that anyone can write in.

It’s a wikilife.

Then it dawned on me.
Worlds collide. In public, online, and everyone knows. :astonished:
Not that I have anything to hide, of course. Of course not. I’m exactly the same with everyone I meet, and they all experience my cheerful countenance in precisely the same way. :slight_smile:
Besides which, I’m dull.

But…
with the right sort of personality,
this could be a very interesting piece of mass-participation performance art.

Yeah? yeah???

Who to choose, who to choose??

It’d have to be someone with a wide circle of friends.
Someone who stands out in a crowd.
Someone who’s always out and about…someone no longer on a vanity fast.
(and maybe someone who’ll leave soon, in case things go south)

I don’t know, maybe it is a BAD idea.

But then again, http://wikitash.com could be GREAT. :smiling_imp:

Whaddaya think of wikilife, even as an experiment?

I don’t know whatcha talking about there, J, it’s all a bit to interlechual for me. But my vanity search alert beeped and revealed you’ve mentioned ME in your post, so it must be GOOD! :slight_smile:

Carry on, you smart people!

Oh, come on!
Smart, my ass.

It’s a wikilife. Follow tash in near real time.
Get the inside scoop from her friends, co-workers, and the guy she cut off in traffic while on her bike!
Build a composite picture… understand who she is from all angles.
It works, I tell you, it works.

[quote=“Jaboney”]So, after much arm twisting, yesterday I joined facebook. Yet more time wasted online. Yea.

Then, last night, I had a frightening thought.
What if all these people I know start sharing information about me? Not maliciously, but just as a matter of course. I mean, who’s on the contact list so far: cousin, friend, classmates, buddy, ex, ex, employer… This is just asking for worlds to collide.

That got me thinking some more.
Isn’t that sort of open-book approach to life, in some ways, a good idea?
But it’s not just an open book–hell, blogs and diaries aren’t new–it’s an open book that anyone can write in.

It’s a wikilife.

Then it dawned on me.
Worlds collide. In public, online, and everyone knows. :astonished:
Not that I have anything to hide, of course. Of course not. I’m exactly the same with everyone I meet, and they all experience my cheerful countenance in precisely the same way. :slight_smile:
Besides which, I’m dull.

But…
with the right sort of personality,
this could be a very interesting piece of mass-participation performance art.

Yeah? yeah???

Who to choose, who to choose??

It’d have to be someone with a wide circle of friends.
Someone who stands out in a crowd.
Someone who’s always out and about…someone no longer on a vanity fast.
(and maybe someone who’ll leave soon, in case things go south)

I don’t know, maybe it is a BAD idea.

But then again, http://wikitash.com could be GREAT. :smiling_imp:

Whaddaya think of wikilife, even as an experiment?[/quote]

I think it might be dangerous letting others know too much about your life-Fartsky.

Exactly!
That’s the bad idea part of it.
But for someone who likes living out loud, in the spotlight, it’d be quite the project.
And I think most people really enjoy reading an audacious diarist… but that ain’t me.

OK, I just joined. I’ve been meaning to check it out for some time.

I’ve wanted to join ever since reading this:

I already like it better than MySpace, which is a little to… :yay: :dance: :blah: :banana: for my taste.