hmm.
4 years ago
doesn’t 43people come across as a little stalkery?
Comments:
Not necessarily...
I think that in many ways, it’s already a natural outgrowth of 43Things. People make a connection through their goals, and then possibly want to meet up with each other.
....or maybe I’m just a Pollyanna.
I hadn’t thought of it that way. As you might guess from my “things” and “places” I’m not a huge list maker (yet?); so the concept of putting people to meet on a list seems even more foreign. Why not just e-mail them?
As for the people that one might not just e-mail or call (celebrities, et c.), why put them on the list at all?
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Hmm.
I just checked and no one wants to meet you (yet). So for you, not at all (yet)!
I guess I wasn’t clear. My concern was not with being stalked, but in seeming stalkerish.
Although that’s not quite what I meant. It just seems really passive-aggressive, doesn’t it? I’m willing to admit that this is probably more a case of my not “getting” (or being able to embrace) the site’s concept. That is, why put this person on a list on the internet rather than sending them an e-mail?
As you might guess from my paltry list of “things” and “places”, the issue may be my own problem with embracing online [or any sort of] task management. I think the sites are amazingly cool and fun to use, yet I can’t get myself to use them regularly.
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Well, I can't . . .
. . . embrace it either.
It’s just weird. Why would I want to meet someone I don’t know?? I certainly don’t want to meet a celebrity, and if an online frienship gets to the point where I want to meet the person, I’ll arrange it privately, not put it on a website.
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Nice Stalkers
I don’t think most stalkers publicize their interest, so I don’t think adding someone to 43 People is very “stalkerish” say, compared to reading someone’s blog and not even letting them know you are doing it.
The sites we have built are so not for everybody. Don’t feel like you have to get it – it’s just there for folks who want to play.
How about I add you to my list of folks I want to meet and you can see if it gets better or creepier? Or try adding something to your list and maybe it will start to feel different.
Or don’t!
yep.
but until the dead bunnies start turning up, i think most people are flattered by a little light stalking.
