A few months ago, I wrote a post about how much of a head case the online space can make us, because it’s easy to get caught up in measuring your impact online, and to in turn measure your own self-worth: “I Suspect Everyone Else Is Smarter, Better-Looking, Taller, Cooler, Cuter, Has Newer and Shinier Objects than I Do (and Is More Modest)”

http://www.annhandley.com/2008/06/26/everyone-else-is-smarter/

(And let me apologize in advance for commenting on your blog with a link to mine, but I do so only because I thought you’d appreciate it, just like I appreciated this post!)

Verification word: difyicha

Sounds like an Italian profanity…

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My daughter put up the Facebook page – or was it the MySpace page? Either way, I never visit them. I love LinkedIn – it’s like a professional MySpace. Technorati would be great if I remembered to visit. Same with Bloglines. I know I have a password, but which one?

Devon, I have to agree. I’d rather visit directly and feel like I’m part of the conversation rather than an observer.

I don’t do Facebook, because they don’t allow pseudonyms. I don’t do Twitter, because I can’t see the point.

I’m on MySpace, but I don’t utilize it enough.

I’m involved on several yahoo loops for my fiction, but I’m not sure it’s actually positively impacted sales. I’ll have to take a look at the figures in a few months.

I prefer to just hunt down people’s blogs, and, if I like them, comment and keep visiting. Not the most time efficient, but somehow, it feels more personal.

Lori, I get your RSS feed, and it just shows headlines, so I have to click through to your site to read the post. However, you can change that — go to Settings, Site Feed, and select Full in the drop-down next to Allow Blog Feeds.

This may result in you losing a few visits that might otherwise come to your site… but it increases the chance that they will see your post in the first place, thereby reminding them of your existence.

Blog-related sites: Technorati, BlogCatalog and Zimbio. When I first started my blog, I was pretty addicted to them, but since the newness has worn off I don’t do much with them at all.

It is a little overwhelming at times. One of my friends is a “signer-upper” and belongs to pretty much every single social networking site you can imagine (and probably a few you can’t). She used to send me invitations every time she joined a new one, and eventually I had to tell her to stop–if I want to join something, I’ll make the effort.

I’m on Facebook, but purely for the Scrabble application, which I am addicted to. But again, it’s a 5 minute rest before resuming work. I need these brain breaks!

I also use Entrecard, but when the site is as slow as it too often is, I don’t bother dropping.

I’m someone who needs to walk away from something before I can finish it. Working for hours on end doesn’t do me any favours, and the work suffers. That’s just me, though!