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"Thank you so much. Exactly what I was thinking...but can YouTube videos be embedded in an EBook? Without them, this series of posts would lack 'spice' if you know what I mean." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"He he :) You too! And thanks again." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Oh no, not the majority at all, but I thought you were ruling out the possibility by making a definitive, all-encompassing statement." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Mark, Thanks for the comment and apologies for the delay in responding. Agree with most of your thoughts, except: "Cognitive dissonance need not apply to actors" Movie actors who take their fictional characters seriously do indeed land up having a lot of psychological issues. Many, many examples scattered throughout movie-making history." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Thank you!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Isn't it? Thank you!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Isn't it? Thank you!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Ha ha! Yes, geeks can be romantic too :) Thank you!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

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"Thank you, Abhijeet!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

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"Holden, thanks for sharing this personal story. Sad, isn't it? But I see you've become wiser for it :)" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Yes! :) I have you to thank for this post. You have inspired me to blog, and you have taught me the art of turning simple everyday incidences into blog posts." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Thanks, Nithin. Appreciate your comments and feedback - will try :)" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Thank you!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"I've observed more and more people are realizing that the superficial one-liner birthday wishes they get on Facebook mean nothing even if they're in larger numbers than before social media arrived. In my side of the world, I have been consistently trying to evolve casual friendships developed over Twitter/Facebook first into real-life meetings through events, and then evolving a select few of them to a deeper level where it involves family with spouses and children included. I have been successful in developing a few good friendships this way and I am grateful and happy about it. Overall, I think what you're describing is true. When the mediums of communication proliferate and become more easily accessible, the average depth of each communication will naturally fall as a result. I think a similar phenomenon must have occurred after the telephone became popular, and we're witnessing the same thing all over again." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Couldn't have said it better :)" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Verity, I concur with the gist of your comment. I have never implied being social is to like everyone. The boundaries you describe make perfect sense as long as we are civil about them. I fear, increasingly, that that is no longer the case. Civility and humane behavior is being replaced with vitriol and ridicule, which is a wholly different matter altogether." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Congratulations, Tac! 5 years is a huge milestone and I would also like to say that your regularity and consistency in blogging is always an inspiration." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"For those like me who're in the news/media field, RSS remains a vital and critical tool. I have been reading your blog in my Google Reader for years and am glad you're retaining the full-text feed - many thanks!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Congratulations on the big move, Tom!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Thank you!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"I had written about this problem in 2009: http://www.skepticgeek.com/soc..." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Thanks for sharing that, Mark. Some of them are insightful while others simply confuse the issue with the related issue of identity vs. anonymity." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Ah! That's more like the Mark I know :)" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Mark, as someone who takes the idea of distributed social networking/computing seriously, I'd have thought you'd put more serious thought into the problem of multiple personas. Thanks for your comment, maybe I was not clear enough in my post." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Thanks, Dave - your comment is spot on as well! I initially had the "no RSS feed" point listed under negatives, as I do think and agree that there are multiple ways in which you can use it constructively and positively as you describe." - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Thanks, Patrix - exactly!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"My exact thoughts! :)" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

"Thank you!" - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)