SoulCast is simple and anonymous. Facebook sucks as far as I can tell. It is mainly for kids and marketeers have taken it over. I communicate with close friends by email, not by posting my personal life to the world. That will eventually get you in trouble. I have not looked into MySpace for the same reasons. I only got on Facebook to view some pictures posted by a friend and I only sign on to it when I think of it, which is less and less often. The freedom to say whatever you want is the selling point on SoulCast. There are no PC thought police here. Well, there are, but they have no clout.
SC feels wide open, the others closed off.
Exactly.
I didn't like MySpace, but I do like Facebook. It's fun, kind of like the high school cafeteria. It's not better than SC, just different. It's not anonymous, but very rarely do people talk about the kind of stuff you might read here. You can share as much or as little as you like at FB. If SC ever goes up in smoke, and I truly hope it doesn't, I will be dragging a few of you over to Facebook, kicking and screaming if I have to. uni will help me, and she's tough. ;)
As for staying, I've been here nearly three years. This is my neighborhood.
I joined facebook the night we couldn't get on SC, and I went--wow--so this is where everybody is. A friend here had recommended it to me for weeks. But as fun as it looks, I can't seem to get involved in it. Too many pages to keep up with and so "busy" looking that I almost get dizzy! (not hard for me) I still like to look when I have time, but I like it here better. It felt like "coming home" when I saw that SC was back up and running.
I must apologize to all on facebook who are also here and have invited me to do this or that.....but I look and go, "I just can't. I'm too confused, tired and lost there to catch up, or keep up." Sorry to you all who are so nice there (and to the friend who invited me to join) but I just don't know if I can handle both sites right now.
SC is where I can relax and put my feet up.
I'm on FB and MS...mostly because they are social networks. I joined FB to keep in contact with my high school friends (ended up finding some elementary people too...), and myspace, mostly because at the time, it was more customizable then FB...still is really. This is all before marketers realized how great they were for getting there crap out there to the world. (It was much better before)
Everyone knows who I am on those sites, and a lot of my poetry is up there. Its a nice way to keep in touch with RL friends. It part of a lifestyle for me, I guess. Like a cellphone, if you can understand the similarities.
But SC is where I go with my pain and my joys. I feel that anonymity makes people more open to accepting others. You can't judge me on anything other than what I share. My relationship with people on SC directly relates to me and what I throw out there.
I know a few of you pretty well, and I must say that I wouldn't choose another group of individuals to share my demented life with.
I think you're right fraggie.
beyond, i think you can remain anonymous at FB, and you can always only share what you feel comfortable with. Only people on my friends list can see my "wall" (profile). Plus, I don't spill my guts there either. I don't much spill them here anymore either.
Do you still feel anonymous here? I haven't felt anonymous here in a long time. Once you make friends here and people get to know the details of your life, you aren't anonymous any more, don't you think?
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