Wherein we talk social media, control, isolation, and Friend.Follow.Test with the Chicago Tribune.

Though not just us. We are in some quite fine company. So do hit it, please, now, thanks. Excerpt? Word.

"Tanzer, too, was interested in exploring the connections people make online: "I wanted to comment on how lost you can get in your own head space because you are basically only connected to your computer and there are larger implications of isolation and how damaging isolation can be. Social media sort of gives you a sense that you are making a connection that may not be real or that you think you can control, but you can't really control it because you can't control other people's responses."