Web 2.0 survey results.

Have a blog	yes	74%
	no	16%
	what?	0%
Read blogs	often	56%
	seldom	44%
	what?	0%
Post to blogs	often	13%
	seldom	69%
	what?	8%
Forums and chat groups	often	26%
	seldom	58%
	what?	16%
RSS feeds	yes	22%
	no	62%
	no idea	16%
Facebook page	yes	34%
	no	59%
	no idea	7%
Ravelry	yes	39%
	no	47%
	no idea	14%
MySpace	yes	7%
	no	65%
	no idea	28%
Second Life	yes	31%
	no	51%
	no idea	18%
Digg	often	42%
	seldom	38%
	no idea	10%
Other online magazines	often	38%
	seldom	24%
	no	38%
Printed magazines	often	52%
	seldom	10%
	no	38%

You forgot podcasts!

Without Internet, I would still be knitting solo. I love to knit, but it's fun to knit in a group, too. We spark ideas off one another, and there's always someone who wants that yarn/needles/pattern/magazine that we just can't give house-room to one minute more!

Web surfing is a time-eater! I try to limit my web time so I HAVE time for everything else in my life - like my knitting

Nothing better than a printed page to read and re-read -- nothing better than a friend sitting with you and conversation and needles flying

Love Knit Net......it's the best!

I'm on Ravelry, but I don't know how to use it yet.

I know what they all are, but some I don't use at all. Oddly, I work for Yahoo!

I am in Germany, so it's kind of web 2.0 that I answer this. ;)

I totally agree. We wish people would stop text messaging! Just call the person or better yet, throw the damn cell phone out the window. I'm 27 years old and am so frustrated with people answering phones at the movie theatre, at the restaurant, on the bus... I still write letters to my friends and send them small gifts in the mail. Much more personal.

There is a place for both. In person and internet are equally important today. We can't always contact someone in person, so internet 2.0 is a very viable tool to receive and disseminate information.

Check out Twitter and Dodgeball, you might find that people are using the innernets to actually find people to meet with face to face in their own communities and when they travel (for those who must travel a lot). And then once they meet-up with them, they can continue to keep up with their friends even from across the globe. I have to disagree with you about the future of social networks. They have turned what was for me a very lonely hobby into almost a whole second life. And a robust one at that.

I agree with your prediction. Simply owning a computer, which means daily checking of email and whatever on-line free subscriptions you've become addicted to (in a weaker moment!) can take up a HUGE chunk of your time -- time that could have been spent DOING the crafts you find yourself tied up in front of a screen READING about. It's our own fault, of course, but there you go ....!