A threat or a bonus?

"http://ifttt.com/recipes" seems like a fantastic way of short-cutting our way through social media. One of the benefits of this form already is its directness; you simply click on the person you want to talk to, and bloviate. So we've reduced some of the formalities associated with face-to-face contact. A handshake, a 'how d'you do', a nervous smile are all replaced by a simple 'heya' or even a continuation of last night's 'convo' ('...sex is fun, you know').

Now, however, we can even automate those basic and arduous greetings and thankings - the computer says 'hey babe'. All of which leaves me wondering, who am I speaking to? Am I even needed for this conversation to happen?

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