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I’ve been looking at some of the numerous social networking sites out there trying to decide what, if any, I think I should join up with. I normally refrain as they’re  frequented by lonely souls who are in desperate need for contact with others.

Not that I’m belittling the need for social interaction, we all need it, but my need wouldn’t even register on a collective measure of most social networking sites’ users. Over the years, I’ve accepted the fact that I’m unique and don’t require the presence of similar individuals to feel better about myself. That marks me as a loner and an introvert, and while others may be saddened by that, I’m perfectly fine with it. But I have recently found myself wanting to share with people and decided it was time to join the online community a bit more than I have been.

The most prominent evidence of that is the blog, but it only occupies a minute corner of the Net. I had a MySpace account but never used it for more than looking at band’s pictures. Facebook attracts too much attention, and along with Twitter, has shown a reluctance for improving privacy security. I have a Twitter account and was going to make an attempt at using it more until the report of an administrator using a simple plain text password along with the login process being prone to dictionary attacks.

For now, I’ve gone with last.fm which deals with tracking people’s music listening. As you listen to music on your computer, a client updates your last.fm profile with your listening choices. That data is gathered and shared with others. You get information about favorite artists and shown similar music you may be interested in. You can also keep track of other’s lists, or group’s lists, and listen to them as well.

It’ll serve me well during my foray into the social networking scene. Maybe I’ll see you there.