Comments on: My father’s father’s father http://boulders2bits.com/archives/2009/06/22/my-fathers-fathers-father/ breaking things down to manageable size Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:16:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: GFMorris.com » links for 2009-06-23 http://boulders2bits.com/archives/2009/06/22/my-fathers-fathers-father/comment-page-1/#comment-22555 GFMorris.com » links for 2009-06-23 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:33:16 +0000 http://boulders2bits.com/?p=1079#comment-22555 [...] My father’s father’s father (tags: gfmorris_comment) [...]

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://boulders2bits.com/archives/2009/06/22/my-fathers-fathers-father/comment-page-1/#comment-22553 Geof F. Morris Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:43:11 +0000 http://boulders2bits.com/?p=1079#comment-22553 Amen, Karyn. Amen. Amen, Karyn. Amen.

]]> By: Mark Traphagen http://boulders2bits.com/archives/2009/06/22/my-fathers-fathers-father/comment-page-1/#comment-22551 Mark Traphagen Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:35:59 +0000 http://boulders2bits.com/?p=1079#comment-22551 As I read this, it struck me that in a day when many of us have lost (or even willfully rejected) most of our family ties, perhaps social media "friends" lists on the Internet are an attempt at replacing this lost. Looking at anyone's friend or follower list is like a "horizontal genealogy" of their contemporary tribe, albeit a tribe formed more out of a combination of circumstance (where you've lived, gone to school, etc.) and personal choice than out of blood lineage. In fact, there is even a Twitter-related site now that lets you form or join a "twibe" based on keywords with which you want to be associated. As I read this, it struck me that in a day when many of us have lost (or even willfully rejected) most of our family ties, perhaps social media “friends” lists on the Internet are an attempt at replacing this lost. Looking at anyone’s friend or follower list is like a “horizontal genealogy” of their contemporary tribe, albeit a tribe formed more out of a combination of circumstance (where you’ve lived, gone to school, etc.) and personal choice than out of blood lineage.

In fact, there is even a Twitter-related site now that lets you form or join a “twibe” based on keywords with which you want to be associated.

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