I decided to start the year on target with productivity objectives. I am going to get rid of all Web 2.0 accounts that are simply not adding any value to my online presence. I’ll start with Jaiku. Well it’s not that easy to remove one’s account. I obtained a dreaded 504 Gateway Time-outwhile deleting my account. That’s precisely the point I’m trying to make. Time waster. 504 when dialog fails. Nice thinkgeek t-shirt idea. 

Why would I need a service that cannot get rid of me? Like Woody Allen once said (and I’m paraphrasing you purists (it’s from Annie Hall but Woody got it from Groucho Marx)) why would I be part of an online service that would have me as a member? Just kidding. I like enriching content and that has nothing to do with socializing, that’s the heart of the problem. I think facebook is immature (my ex-coworkers are all there). I dig digg because it’s offbeat.

Why socialize online when I don’t even socialize in real life? Why make this anonymous experience even more shallow?

See how deleting a social network account can be thought provoking? I should create an account in all of them just for the sake of discussing their deletion. It’s simply del.icio.us  Hey come to think of it, I already have an account in the most popular social networks… Oh yeah that was the initial point.