I've had a Facebook account for the past year and find it quite entertaining but also a time wasting distraction. Also, I don't really care if John Smith "is enjoying the view" and Jane Doe is "effin' a right doggie." I don't even know what that last one means (both posts are actual Facebook updates within the last two hours).

It is nice to "re-connect" with people you have completely forgotten about from grade school - along with remembering who these people actually are comes a whole bag of previously forgotten (repressed?) memories from different stages of your life. I do like looking at other "friends" photographs, although I feel some people should be a little more discerning on what images make it onto the site, especially since employers are now looking at such social networking sites before hiring.

I don't see Facebook as a professional networking device even though I'm connected to several colleagues through the site. LinkedIn seems to be a little more professionally orientated and I have a profile on this site also. LinkedIn seems a little more clunky in its functionality but also more formal - less options for sharing photos and taking silly quizzes.

I looked at mySpace and still find it unnecessary to join this network. The Pulse function on Plaxo is interesting, but I don't think I need yet another social network. Is there a way to forward all of these accounts into one - like email accounts? Besides, I'm scared of those faceless people on the Plaxo home page.