One thing I must admit, if only to myself, is that all internet communication platforms, be it twitter, reddit, some random BBS, and even email, generally serve as a conduit for all of my anger and frustration. It’s rare that I post anything anywhere that isn’t basically a mid-life grumpy guts complaining about some fucking thing. I’m usually correct to be upset about it, and even to complain about it, but actually doing so doesn’t really do anything for me or the people around me. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of being an outcast who forces people to cast him out (or at least ignore everything he posts because it’s always such a downer). I don’t think I’m alone in this, but I find it frustrating because I do see the potential of the social web, I just seem incapable of really leveraging it (to any end, be it purely social, or financial through business networking). The feedback loop of disconfirmation only accentuates the loneliness and frustration that causes me to push people away. I’m not really sure what to do about it.