I do wonder how many people on my flist, or in my first degree of friendsfriends are involved. Here, even under pseudonym may be too public for anyone to feel comfortable talking about it, but you have a point on that--most of the bigger internet groups can be activated very, very quickly, because sometime, somwhere, someone is *always* awake and bored.

The funny thing is, for me, it's hard to remember a time I *couldn't* interact with someone in five seconds, because the second I could stop using a phone? I *did*. Email and messaging only, and text only if they're not on AIM. It's just startling when i realize how small the internet is when friends from here I *know* are people I meet in other forums? I just dont' know who.