Comments on: Rally, I Can Quit You: My Failed Social Networking Experiment

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By: Martin Chorich

Martin Chorich — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:47:32 +0000

I’ve often wondered if much of the mania for social networking, blogging, tweeting etc. owes to an illusion that one is actually broadcasting something to a waiting audience and that one’s thoughts–no matter how mundane or poorly expressed–are transmuted into significance by posting them on the Internet. I also don’t think we’ve absorbed that fact that almost every keystroke will be preserved for later inspection by anyone. Without trying, I can say that I have left a trail a mile wide on the Internet. Happily, I think what I’ve left there reveals me to be an aspiring Robert Benchley rather than a poor imitator of Howard Stern.

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:50:10 +0000

I think this is partly a question of scale. I had a similar experience with Rally, and I kept finding myself wishing that my “real” offline friends would use Rally. But for many people outside the geek-o-sphere, pulling out your mobile device to check in wherever you go is not really part of standard operating procedure. It’s a hassle without any easily identified tangible benefit.