I tried twitter . . . but I was left wittering to myself

Not the place to go when you don´t know anyone else there .  I was drawn by the promise of Stephen Fry´s twittering . . . some draw

Judging by the action on TC at the moment, I recommend someone to establish a new alternative to twitter . . . it´s called "splutter"

I am sure we would all be rewarded with the ´drop of pearls´ after holding, pushing, straining and constraining..  

Actually FB gives you plenty of options and separate choices, like you don´t have to decide for the whole profile to be for friends only but can make only parts of it hidden. I like that it gives you a choice of making something visible to friends of friends

Besides, let´s not put too much trust on FB. I try to keep one rule I´ve read somewhere:

"Publish on the Internet only the things you wouldn´t mind seeing printed in your local  newspaper"

That´s why I´m selective as to what I upload and post to any site

Loss of time!