I pulled up my abfave list the other day. Like i do a hundred times a day, just checking in on my besties. The response?

nolists

What? Hold please,i gots dozens and dozens of lists. Whazzat ’ NO LISTS’ tomfoolery?!

nolists

I’m not one to overreact, but this is an awkward moment. I know them all by name (&#,itykwim) but they all call themselves weird handles.

somanynames

They gots Last names first,lovers pet names, stripper names, first names last, random strings of numbers, highschool nicknames, strossners porn star names, naval aviation handles,cb radio names. And I know em, but, well. No. Not like I should. I spend alot of time obsessing about names, both open and secret. Certainly our obscure and arcane numbering system is evidence of my madness. Blame prof.dr.robin dunbar. Hes the numbers guy, I’m just a lame #sscl. And yesterday, for a solid half an hour, I thought I broke twitter lists. Eventually, common sense kicked in where panic had been running amok. Of course the list could be rebuilt, and I could finesse it any sorts of way. Hells bells, if they killed lists I’d STILL be able to hang out,irl& digitally. I’ve met damn near all,fb friends & am in at least one group with them, email them weekly, know their physical addresses,shit man-relax!

Theyre BESTIES, not just folks I’m stalking. Ok, so if listing stops on one channel, I’m good. Might make my creepy stalker guys job a bit harder, but so what? Oh, and a quick logout fixed it anyway. But it gave me pause. Rely less on the toys and tools-get in your tribes life. Know their real selves, do real things with them. Not just stalking. Imabe doing that very thing, this morning. Second breakfast.

stat

No list required.