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In a Generation That Friends and Tweets, They Don't
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"I told my friend to write her a message for me, saying, 'Ricardo is right here and he said hi,' " Thomas recounted. "But Facebook is funny because they've got this thing called a 'wall,' and she deals with a lot of guys on the site. She says she's single, but I know she's dating."
His lack of membership on Facebook has other disadvantages. Sometimes Thomas doesn't find out about parties being touted on the site until the last minute. Last week he almost missed a gathering at Johana's nightclub in Petworth.
"We knew about this on Monday!" said bandmate Nicholas Hewitt, 20, who goes by Booka Wildboy Hewitt on Facebook, standing outside the club Thursday night.
"Yeah, you really bring me all the Facebook stuff to my attention," Thomas said sheepishly. "I know eventually I'm going to have to do it. It will make stuff much smoother."
It might be just a matter of time for Thomas and his ilk. Technological innovations -- from hybrid corn in the first half of the 20th century to cellphones in the latter part -- can take years for most to adopt.
But social networking sites are seducing laggards at supersonic speeds. Although MySpace's monthly traffic dropped to about 64 million unique monthly U.S. visitors in August, Facebook's has soared to 92 million, and Twitter's has exploded to more than 20 million -- up from 1 million last year. In the past year, the fastest-growing age group on Twitter is the demographic that initially rejected it: those 12 to 24, according to ComScore.
Facebook, which just announced that it has 300 million members, might never win over Tomek Kott. His wife realizes that.
The "Tomek Kott Must Join Facebook" page, which has 19 members (including this reporter), does allay some of Anne's frustration. On the group's message board, a Baltimore friend wrote supportive words to the beleaguered wife: "This is awesome. Well done Anne. Take it to that weird tall guy."
And although Anne was kind enough to make the group's page accessible by invitation only, she couldn't resist having a bit more fun at her husband's expense. "I loaded," she said, laughing, "a somewhat ridiculous photo of him."
