slow blog

Yesterday an article in The New York Times profiled a few advocates of "slow blogging."  This is the opposite of the normal rapid-fire, bypassing the brain-editor blog.  I thought slow was the norm (I don't read many other blogs). 

Blogs, the article went on to say, are now considered too slow.  They can't compete with Twitter (?) which I have never looked at, or Facebook, which I have, briefly, after saying "yes" to becoming a friend.  After a week or so, I removed myself, needing to consider what "friend" now means.

Apparently, the point of Facebook is to acquire hundreds of friends who will buy us virtual presents, send us virtual congratulations, and share with us their latest undigested triumphs and tragedies.

It isn't all bad, of course.  Connecting is nice (I'm happy you're reading this).  But this isn't friendship, not when the relationships are treated as another commodity to acquire, preferably in quantities that will impress our "friends," proving that we are worth something as human beings.

Sigh.

I'll take slow.

Candace