Hi Andrew,

Ah, I do follow Rob MacFarlane (after a while the effect wears off a bit on twitter, but I've liked his measured pantheism and also read a few of his books. I try not to fawn too much! ;-)

The 'why do you want more liveliness' bit is actually easy to answer -- lots of people doing useful professional work internationally, loads of them following a near-zombie account which doesn't do much -- they'd all benefit from talking more to each other, networking and sharing good practice >>> the sum of good in the world will be increased. So, in a way that isn't always the case on social media, I'm seeking a bit of fizz to promote a solid good, rather than because that's what everyone does. Much as LinkedIn is an obvious professional venue in theory (and we're doing some research about where people 'live' on social media) - in practice I suspect people are on twitter and FB because they are more fun.

Cheers,
Kate

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