Ok, so here is the thing…

I am trying to keep up with all the new ‘schtuff’ on the web. I have lately though become OVERWHELMED at the existence of so many social sites. Networking…..yikes~

Every time I turn around, there’s a new one someone says ‘join me’ on. Consequently I try it and invite others to play with me. Each one wants a profile, each one wants you to ‘share’. When I try to co-exist however, everything tries to break.

Example : Adding Twitter updates here was easy. Simply put a little code in the footer…Whalah~ Looks great.

Problem: Anytime someone landed on my site.. it asked them for a twitter user name and passy.

Solution: Removed from site as ‘update’.

Example: Open Messenger, it tells me to update my ‘profile’ on Windows Live. I update, and befudgingly end up requesting contacts on my network. OK is fine.

Problem: Now I have yet another site to ‘fix’ ‘update’ ‘intermingle’. OK I will. BUT – Does it allow me to change my custom blog to *Starwink* … nooooooo …. Or does it allow me to add my status updates from Facebook ….. noooooo … So another 2 hrs down …… Yet at least it will allow me to add updates from Twitter… lol

What about this site? I love the music. I love painting my interpretations of it. This is chill time for me. Is anybody visiting? Friends or Family perhaps ? What about comments on anything I have here ? Wouldn’t it be great to know other people enjoy it ? It’s not a freebie site and I’ve been updating it for many years. In fact, I recently tore down approx 500+ pages between here and Jessie’s Web to update it to a more user friendly site where others could join in and comment and blog at will.

Hmmm, wonder if I should find a new hobby? Probably more than half of the posts were by requests, which I gladly would do. So – wanna know why no traffic? Because the same folks who didn’t mind askin for a page, don’t want to take the time or bother to ‘sign in’ here to play. Actually I don’t blame them – I usually don’t either. Yet asking for a sign in is only way I know to keep the ‘uglies’ out. Any suggestions?

One other thing … Have you noticed that with all the social sites goin these days … you pretty much open a vein and bleed out your entire history, relations, etc? Is this good ? I love being able to hear the occasional update from family and friends whom I’d not heard from in ages. Is it good to profile yourself to the umpth degree? Guess it’s all public anyway… I’m sure somewhere it was already on record. One quote I’d heard was ‘There is a reason people from your past are not in your future’. Are we flirting with stress, or opening happier more lasting relationships with long distance families & friends?

One last thing. I did open up another site of mine for ‘public’ ‘no sign in’ “allow trackback & pingback’ commenting. What happened with that??? I got slammed on site by literally thousands of casino & drug spam trackbacks. So, sorry about the sign in but it does protect us all.

WOW, not sure where that came from, but guess I needed to say it. lol

Please join me. Add your blog or comment. I welcome the chance to be an addition to your list of many update craving sites.

BJ~