I personally love my social networks. I'm originally from a very small, close knit town, so when I moved away for college, I left alot of people behind. The social sites have given me a way to reconnect with those people, even if I don't talk to them regularly, or even often. We get to share our kids lives with the photo albums and undates. They also give me a way to talk everyday to my best friend of 18 years who moved to Texas a few years ago. It's so much more personalized info than you get in an email. I'm not big on sending out the requests, unless it's someone I really want to talk to, but I don't mind accepting requests if I'm not interested in knowing that person again. But it doesn't show up that you denied them. If they're actually interested in speaking to you, they'll request again, but most people get the hint.

I actually used myspace to organized my 10 year reunion. We have a class page on myspace and facebook, so we can chat there as well. I find facebook to be the more grown up of the two, but then again I have lots of young cousins and family friends on that account who act their age!

CJ