But then I started to sour on the whole thing, rolling my eyes at people who seemed overly chipper, talked about their PLNs as if they were BFFs, posted nothing but platitudes, and seemed to be there to show off more than anything.  I posted about it at the end of October and then got increasingly quiet, dropping out of tweetchats entirely…

via Why the Jeff Bliss story makes me want to quit | Red Lines and Highlights.

An excellent post and well worth reading. I always appreciate it when someone voices some of the same thoughts I have been having of late. The self promotion. The how many twitter followers do you have? The top ten lists.

I am trying to work through I still collect, oops curate, and force myself to write though I struggle with that. If I ask my kids to do it I have always thought I should as well. But lately it all  feels more stale and trite.