The Digital Age

Today I was thinking about how integral technology is to our lives, particularly with the internet.
This is probably more applicable to the younger generation, along with people who do a lot of networking; but imagine you have fallen out with a close friend or romantic partner and no longer wish to talk.

Just how much deleting could this involve?
From various communities and social networking sites I am or have been involved with, depending on the person I'd have to look at editing my accounts:

• DeviantArt
• Facebook
• Myspace
• Blogs (Blogspot/Livejournal)
  
• MSN
• Steam

I'd imagine there are a few more examples I haven't remembered. Other examples people could use are Twitter, AIM, as well as other things such as potentially blocking e-mails and phone numbers. It was so much simpler to just be able to physically not see a person.

Highly worrying. In our quest to be able to talk to whomever, wherever, whenever, we've lost touch with them in the process. Besides, you can't have a proper falling out unless it's in person. You just can't slam a mobile phone, or get sufficiently angry through e-mail.

Where do we go from here?