How social are you?

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 09/20/2016 at 13:58 • Filed to: None

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Just curious, since I just got a notification that someone else wants me to add them to my linkin network, how many social channels (Kinja and forums included) are you even remotely active on?

Google + (several subgroups)

Instagram (barely)

Linkedin

Youtube

Vimeo

Oppositelock

Overland & Expedition

Overlandbound

Ih8mud

Expedition Portal

Expedition Utah

It’s a lot to manage...and I don’t even have the standard Twitter, FB, Snapchat combo.

Bonus Question: are you able to manifest electronics from your crotch? That seems like a really odd talent and you should probably get that checked out.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:00

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Facebook

Snapchat

Two google accounts (one for work)

That’s all youll find me on

bob and john > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:01

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facebook
oppo
instagram
whatsapp

those are my main ones that I check and update at least 3 or 4 times a day.


youtube
snap chat
cigar lounge

are my ‘side” files

TheHondaBro > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:01

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You mean you can’t manifest electronics from your crotch? I thought everyone could do that.

HammerheadFistpunch > TheHondaBro 09/20/2016 at 14:02

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well, i do have this burning electrical discharge...

Wobbles the Mind > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:02

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Oppo only

Ash78, voting early and often > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:02

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Jalopnik, but only the main site and Oppo under my screen name. A few other auto sites and random forums under a similar screen name. LinkedIn under my real name. And that is all. Between that and two personal emails and work email, plus text messages, it's all the communication I could possibly handle without being a total dick to everyone.

shop-teacher > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:03

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Oppo and LaLD are my only regular ones. I’ll check in on Facebook every 3-4 weeks. I have a Linkedin, but I don’t really use it at all. That’s it. I tried instagram last year, didn’t care for the interface or the hashtags. Never once have I even looked at twitter.

HammerheadFistpunch > Wobbles the Mind 09/20/2016 at 14:03

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really? I’m actually kinda impressed.

Azrek > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:06

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I’m on a few websites, but usually under pseudo-names or Gamertags.

Generally, I don’t like how available most of our information is on these sites. I keep my data fairly closehold. I have less than 200 folks in my social circles.

Wacko > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:06

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like i told you yesterday, my only online presence is here(oppo, jalopnik)

but i fear the day that i will have to get a FB just to watch the kids.(my daughter is not even 3 yet, so i’m still safe for many years)

duurtlang > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:06

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Purely looking at social networks and ignoring one-way traffic websites and IM like Whatsapp there isn’t much I use. Linkedin, sometimes. And Kinja obviously. Sometimes a forum here and there. No FB, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram or Google+. I don’t think I’ve ever left a comment on Youtube and the like.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:07

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Facebook

Twitter

Youtube

Oppo/other Kinja

LinkedIn, soon

TheHondaBro > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:07

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I managed to avoid the social media bug for the most part. I have a Facebook, which a couple of my friends wanted me to make, which I haven’t checked in years. I also have a Twitter which I hardly use. Even YouTube I’ve toned down.

MonkeePuzzle > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:07

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it truly wobbles the mind!

BorkBorkBjork > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:07

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This is the only place on the internet where I am active. I used to be on the 24 Hours of LeMons forums, but have not posted there in years.

Urambo Tauro > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:10

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I like to keep it to a minimum online. Just Jalopnik, Oppo, Gizmodo and a few forums. I used to visit Lifehacker a lot (but I’m not welcome there anymore) . They had a pretty cool article today that was shared to Jalponik, though.

MonkeePuzzle > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:10

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kinjaverse

FB

twitter

chats (slack, slack, slack, slack, lync, skype, trillian’s array of pals)

linkdin, add me, hire me, I’m totes awesome

forums like honda-tech, garage journal, nasioc and such.

500px to some extent, it’s somewhat social

reddit/imgur

youtubes.

I think I included all the places where I might voice an opinion, and thus considered them a social interaction.

oh, and the outside world... but as rarely as possible.

E90M3 > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:10

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Oppo

Since I’m searching for a job probably should use Linkedin more, but I don’t

Snapchat, I barely use this at all

I deleted my facebook about a year ago and have no plans to reactivate.

Tripper > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:11

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In order of most to least active.

Real Life

LinkedIn (work)

Oppo

Instagram

Snapchat

A couple forums for: cars that I own, Grom, tree frogs, woodworking

Twitter (following only)

Facebook

Edit: Solid no on the crotch question.

interstate366, now In The Industry > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:13

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Instagram, Oppo, Slack, a couple of Prelude forums, and some non-car forums. No Facebook, no Twitter, nothing else.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:17

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Well I have youtube just to watch stuff, I get my sumo from there and I comment on the English language sumo forum. Other than that and Oppo I only use the Google+ or whatever to log into things. I don’t do tweeter or face space etc...

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:17

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Might want to have that looked at...

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:17

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Oppo only. I do not Facebook, I do not Twit. I have a Google account just so I can access Oppo. Same with Twitter. But, I’ve been around since long before the Internet, so I’m an old fart. I see too much sharing of personal information on solely social sites like FB and others. In my day, you had maybe one person, two at most, with whom you shared your important personal stories. With social media, people feel the need to share everything with everybody. I think that’s a bad thing.

McMike > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:19

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Not many. Here, Twitter, and VWVortex mainly. I belong to several brand/model specific forums too, but rarely visit them unless I have a problem or are looking for some info.

YouTube? Of course, but only for posting videos. I never use it socially.

Same goes for LinkedIn. I don’t care how many connections I have there. I only use it to upload updated resumes and connect with work people I meet.*

*Oh, and other Michaels.

There are some others, too. I just can’t remember them. I have an account on reddit, but only posted one or two things.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:20

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I’m on Facebook. I have hardly any friends on face book. I have hardly any friends at all...

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 09/20/2016 at 14:20

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could be. I’m a little nervous about sharing family stuff, and personal stuff, but for the most part 99% of what I share is lies and misinformation anyway so....

EL_ULY > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:21

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Kinja stuff only

I upload videos on rare occasions to Youtube but i’m not social on it.

Milky > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:24

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Jalop/Oppo/cigar lounge
facebook
instagram
Twitter
Snapchat
youtube
linkedin
tumblr
PS4

I’m only really on like half of those, but yea. I’m fun at parties I promise.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:26

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Oppo

Facebook (but really only use it for messenger since its better than texting, especially for group chats)

Instagram

YouTube (only to create playlists to watch things)

I am on Twitter but I never use it

I have a Snapchat but i never touch it either

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:31

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Kinjaverse (Oppo/LaLD/Photography)

Snapchat

Twitter

LinkedIn

Facebook (I hate some of the stupid content, but can’t help myself coming back)

Instagram

Somewhat in order of frequency of use. Though I must say that I tend to be rather passive on most social media stuff, except for in the Kinjaverse.

spanfucker retire bitch > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:34

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Twitter: I mostly use this for following YT channels I like to see when they’re streaming. The other thing I use it for is for Support/CS cases for online services I use. If you’ve never gone through Twitter for support, it’s about 100x better than phone calls or e-mail in terms of quickly they respon and reach out to you. Somehow I’ve managed to get 2 followers over the last 2 years, despite the fact that if I put out a single twit in a 2 month time frame, I’m incredibly active.

Facebook: Only for keeping in contact with friends. I’ve culled all of my “pages” and “groups” years ago. There isn’t even a photo of me on the site.

Kinja: I’m here, hi.

ArsTechnica (FP/Forums): This is definitely where I’m the most active. I’ve made thousands of posts/comments on there over the years and am even a subscriber to the website. I’ve sold and purchased stuff in their Agora forum, I take part/read the political forums, and learn a lot/post a lot in their technical forums from topics ranging from MS Products, Mobile, GPUs, Desktop Builds, etc.

Google: I literally only have a Google account to keep track of my YouTube subscriptions. Beyond that I use it for nothing. All of my e-mail and online services are through Microsoft and my phone is from a certain fruity company. If it wasn’t for Google merging all of their disparate accounts years ago into one central Google account, I still wouldn’t have a Google account to this day.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:34

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Facebook because people told me to

OPPO because I love it here.

Instagram because I scroll through once a week.

That’s about it.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:35

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Are you a politician?

samssun > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:38

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I don’t consider LinkedIn part of the social media ghetto, because unlike the other vanity time wasters it can actually provide good networking & career info.

Plus, if you update it a couple times a year with whatever you’ve worked on, you’ll keep track of smaller projects etc that you might otherwise forget, and have a good set of content for when you update your resume or sit down for career planning.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 09/20/2016 at 14:39

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Could you believe me if I told you?

Pixel > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:43

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Facebook

Fetlife

Oppo

Live & Let Diecast

There are several other places I also use, but just for one reason and don’t use to be “social”.

Youtube(subscribe to many people but only to watch videos, don’t comment)

Flickr (use it as online picture dumping/sorting place)

Chevy C10 forum (lots of useful truck info)

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:43

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Probably not.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:44

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Oppo

Photography

Canada355

355nation

Coloradofans

I suppose you could count linkedin, but my presence there is literally “has an account and once in a while approves a request to connect”.

Oh, and that diyauto thing. It looks like a promising “On-topic” forum for oppo’s.

HammerheadFistpunch > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 09/20/2016 at 14:45

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Oh, I forgot about photography...but im certainly not been very active. My linkin is about that active.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:47

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I used to post more to photography, but my camera has largely fallen by the wayside the last couple months, so all I’ve done is star a couple things.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:49

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That’s why I’ll invite someone offline from time to time.

Oppo, FB. That’s it. By young adult daughters use Instagram, Snapchat and Kick. My wife’s on those as well so she can interact with them.

jariten1781 > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:49

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Kinja land is the only one I'm active active on anymore. I check facebook once a weekish to see if family has tried to communicate with me that way. I have a pile of others that I check less than monthly and post on less than yearly.

Oh, and nextdoor, I check that daily...it's actually pretty valuable for figuring out what the county supervisor/local fire department/whatever is up to. Stuff you used to only get if you joined the retirement crowd at community meetings. Never once posted there though.

Pickup_man > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:50

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I comment here on Oppo and Jalopnik, usually only at work though (I should probably be working more). At home I’m very rarely on the computer.

Just peruse FB, can’t remember the last time I posted anything.

The occasional IG picture.

Snapchat with a very small handful of friends.

Was active on ThreeWheelerWord for a while, haven’t been on in a long time.

That’s really about it, surprisingly little for a 25 y/o “millennial”.

I really try to stay good about calling/texting my friends and finding time to actually see them.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > ttyymmnn 09/20/2016 at 14:51

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Even on oppo you get sucked in. I want nothing to do with FB/Twit/etc.

ttyymmnn > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 09/20/2016 at 14:52

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I spend WAY too much time on Oppo. I need to shut my computer down to get some work done. But there’s still the phone, the laptop.....

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:52

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Anybody more sophisticated than a garden-variety crook would be able to download my entire life. So I just think of people such as, say, the leaders of the church I belong to, and what if they were to look at my stuff? A four-letter word here or there, or maybe some liberal social politics — I am a public school educator after all — and pretty much, I wouldn’t care who read anything I’ve ever posted. Still, I’m circumspect in most things.

HammerheadFistpunch > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/20/2016 at 14:55

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yeah, that’s the trick Don’t publish anything illegal or embarising and you’re set.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > ttyymmnn 09/20/2016 at 14:55

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Ditto. I was actually half wishing the Gawker lawsuit WOULD kill oppo so I could be somewhat productive...

wiffleballtony > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 14:58

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The only one I’m active on is here really. I do have a LinkedIn and a Google+ though.

Future next gen S2000 owner > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 15:03

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I watch Youtube videos but haven’t uploaded a video to my wife’s account in about 6 years.

I joined Twitter to follow Sean. I tweet about once a month. Maybe less.

I have a LinkedIn. Rarely use it.

I technically have a Facebook account.

Then here and FP.

Future next gen S2000 owner > ttyymmnn 09/20/2016 at 15:06

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I share my feelings with the bartender. They pretend to listen. This is how the world is intended to work.

CalzoneGolem > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 15:15

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Oppo

Reddit

Hooniverse

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 15:18

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Oppo

Reddit

Fb post like twice a year i only use it for the messenger

Slack

I don’t talk much in general unless I have a reason to or want to

Mercedes Streeter > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 15:55

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Active on:

- Oppo
- The smart Blog (my own Kinja)
- Jezebel (don’t ask)
- The Slot (It’s a Jez sub-blog)
- Jalopnik
- Trans Talk (a GroupMe group led by me)
- Twitter (mainly for The Young Turks)
- LinkedIn
- Google+ (thanks YouTube)
- Smart Car of America

Occasional Contributor to:

- Facebook
- The Outlaws (Kinja)
- LaLD (Kinja)
- The Salad Bowl (Kinja)
- Gizmodo
- Breitbart (don’t even ask)
- Foxtrot Alpha
- XDA Developers
- Oppositewonk Slack
- r/smartcar of Reddit (I am the mod there)

No longer a contributor to (for varying reasons):

- Reddit’s r/AskTransgender (banned because I offered advice that wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows like Reddit likes)
- Groupthink (Kinja)
- Gawker.com

Wobbles the Mind > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 16:44

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Really! I still have my Facebook but instead of deactivating it I deleted all my friends and set my privacy settings to only be seen by friends-of-friends (which would be no one). Never had a Twitter, Instagram, no non-factory phone apps. I just got tired and said no more and have been good without for three years now. I don’t even text or call people except to get face-to-face time together. I’m going old school!

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > ttyymmnn 09/20/2016 at 17:25

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Older millennial here: Social media can be a harmful addiction if you’re not good at setting boundaries for yourself.

I find Facebook very useful but you have to be honest with what you really want it to do. Oversharing and glossing up your life for “friends” will not make you happy. The real-life analogy is spending all of your free time trying to impress others instead of doing what you really like.

Used properly, Facebook and other social networking tools have enabled me to connect with people and resources that I would otherwise have never found. Of course, never post anything offensive that can be used against you because once online it’s very difficult to hide.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > HammerheadFistpunch 09/20/2016 at 17:28

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The only ones I’m actually active on are Facebook, YouTube, Oppo and FerrariChat/Planet-9/forum for whatever car I currently own.

ttyymmnn > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 09/20/2016 at 17:43

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Absolutely. It’s more difficult being a parent today, especially since I never grew up with the tech. You don’t want to hit it all with the ban hammer, but you also have to be vigilant. And I fully understand the benefits of social media. It’s just been easier for to draw my own bright line and choose not to get involved with. I spend too much time on Oppo as it is, and I don’t want to lose more time with the others.

Thanks for the reply.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > ttyymmnn 09/20/2016 at 18:08

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I am taking a stab at that parenting thing too, and so far we have been successful in preventing our 2-year-old from getting glued to a screen. It seems that by limiting screen time, we are also keeping the kid’s interest tuned towards more engaging things in real life.

Electronic entertainment offers a lot, but even I admit to overusing video games and computers as a kid. This is especially a problem in Asia where traditional culture (being docile and following orders) conflicts with modern society’s requirements of innovation and creativity. Kids and parents both addicted to their smartphones because neither knows how to be proactive nor exercise critical thinking.

ttyymmnn > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 09/21/2016 at 09:33

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My boys, particularly my soon-to-be-eleven twins (I also have a 14-y-o), are hooked on YouTube. If they had their way, they would keep their heads plugged into the computer all day long. Mostly, they watch videos of other people playing video games. I have trouble understanding this phenomenon. I suppose it’s like getting all the rewards of playing the game without actually having to put in the effort.

We finally had to ban them from computers/VGs during the school week. It wasn’t that they were on them too much as it was that we couldn’t get them to unplug. It was like taking crack away from an addict. They would throw tantrums and scream and yell at us. They finally got used to it and, in fact, one of my boys came to me soon after the ban was instituted and he said, “I’m glad you made us turn off the computers because now we can play football with our friends.” Now, when their friend comes over after school, they play soccer, basketball, hide and seek, water bottle toss, you name it. All the things that I think kids should be doing at this age.

But it’s difficult, because computers are to this generation of kids what TV was to my generation. Parents called TV the great babysitter, because they could plunk their kids down in front of the set and get some work done. Now, we plunk our kids in front of YouTube or VGs to get work done but, more often than not, the work we want to get done is updating our Facebook status. For me, it’s writing about aviation history for Oppo.

Last Saturday, I went to my boys’ soccer game. Sitting next to me was a mom with two kids, and her other son was playing in the game. The two kids wanted to go home, but she told them sternly that she was here to watch their brother play soccer. Then she proceeded to spend the entire time looking at her phone and berating the other kids for acting up. Had she engaged the other kids, watched the game, taken her nose out of her damned phone, she would have seen her son win the game and her other kids probably wouldn’t be acting up.

These handheld computer wonders really are fantastic. They give us information, help us communicate, entertain us. But they also obsess us. I think it has to do with the basic human desire to want something now . What’s the temperature? I can look it up now . What time is the game on? I can look it up now . I got a text? I have to answer it now . We don’t have to wait. So we sit at dinner with friends all glued to the phone, or we walk with our heads down looking at the phone. The handheld allowed us to be connected to the entire world while being entirely disconnected from our neighborhood.

Sorry for the long essay. I got on a roll, but I too am struggling with technology, wanting to using it while wanting (and needing) to be free of it. It’s tough. It really is an addiction.