I am having a hard time making friends on the internet. Am I a digital pariah? A persona non grata of cyberspace? I am trying not to take it personally, but sometimes I need a virtual shoulder to cry on.
StumbleUpon in particular is giving me fits. I have exactly two friends, one of whom mysteriously appeared when I first created my account. I have no idea who she is, but unknown admirers on the internet give me the creeps.
To build my online presence, I have joined several StumbleUpon groups related to independent politics, one of my passions. I went to one of these groups and proceeded to invite as many of its members as I could to be a friend. I invited so many, in fact, that StumbleUpon made me stop inviting them. Apparently one CAN have too many friends.
Just one of the persons privileged with a personal invitation to friendship from me had the decency to reciprocate. I'll talk with my therapist about the pain of rejection, but I would appreciate it if anyone on our internet marketing team could offer some suggestions as how to build online friendships on the social networking websites so I can proceed with spreading the word about findingdulcinea.com. Any techniques that you have found effective? Please let me know.
Yours in loneliness,
Tony
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