As a writing theorist and teacher, I use the term "social information technologies" to talk about what I study. This gets the problematic verb out of the equation and emphasizes the fact that what I'm really interested in are the technologies that allow the sharing of what Goffman calls "social information." I've seen this term used in Sociology, but not in Writing Studies yet. Caroline has a great point in these times when some colleagues think all we do is play on Facebook. And might I say it was a small but tolerable annoyance to hit "Reply All" then paste the air address into the "To" field. :-) Deanya -- Deanya Lattimore 704/434/8994 home ABD PhD. Syracuse University Adjunct, Gardner-Webb University http://www.deanya.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/deanya Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/profile/deanya Google Chat: deanyalattimore@gmail.com Friend me on Facebook