Journey to illiteracy?

Glasgow Underground, Buchanan Street station. It's plastered just now with colourful ads for Facebook - "A place where words aren't needed". And sure enough, they're not needed - you can signify everything from a belly laugh to deep sorrow in response to the posts of others, posts which may or may not themselves be verbal.

I use Facebook; that's where most of my online community are to be found. But I also use Twitter, which requires a few well-chosen words to make a point, and even as I do so I feel guilty about my neglected blog. 

And then there's this forum, a place for pictures. But I like the fact that there's still room for words ...