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Stowe Boyd is a well-known media subversive, and an internationally recognized authority on real-time, collaborative and social technologies. His new blog is Message.
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February 24, 2005

Opting Out of Social Networks

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Posted by Stowe Boyd

Over at Operating Manual for Social Tools, I report on my project to disconnect myself from various social networking applications where I don't feel lilke I am getting value from my involvement. I have created a poll to measure other users' ambivalence: here's the results so far.

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Looks like a sizeable number of people are sharing my ambivalence. Almost half have considered dropping out, since nothing much seems to be going on, 75% have been "socially spammed," and only 14% believe that the current features are adequate. More to follow!

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