"All I'm saying is that if you're the kind of person who is irrevocably damaged by sending an SMS to someone, then these sorts of social networks shouldn't have

"All I'm saying is that if you're the kind of person who is irrevocably damaged by sending an SMS to someone, then these sorts of social networks shouldn't have been on your slate to begin with." Another way of saying this: all SNSes are to be avoided if your social life has any subtleties to it at all. Which, if true - and it is so far - is A) pretty depressing, and B) a huge business opportunity for some brilliant UI thinkers who actually _don't_ subscribe to the Geek Social Fallacies. Read danah boyd, people.