How many really great conversations have you enjoyed in life? How many great conversationalists have you known? I ask because it's beginning to dawn on me that a lot of corporate types don't blog or they abandon their blogs because, well, they don't have anything much to say; they don't say what they do have to say with much flair; and they grow weary of their words being ignored online on a par with how their conversational words are probably ignored in life. Admittedly, some people are better talkers than writers and bloggers.
Being a great conversationalists online or in real life isn't easy. Here's what British writer and priest Francis Lockier had to say about it all sometime between 1667 and 1740:
No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad.
But don't despair if you don't have the gift of gab, or for bloggers I guess we could corrupt that to blab? Experiences with Facebook over the past few days have convinced me it is the next best, most logical refuge for folks who want to join the online generation but are not necessarily posing any threat to Mark Twain's or Hemingway's literary standing.
Whereas a blogger mostly carries his or her own water, the Facebook option features a lot of help and contributions from and links to others. Clearly, the two applications are different and intended for different purposes, although Facebook will automatically import your blog posts as notes to your profile page. Still, in my opinion, for people seeking online visibility and membership in online communities, Facebook solves the problem of having to generate witty repartee on a routine basis.
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