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I would have to second this line of comments - both the different services for different purposes and taking Google with a hefty grain of salt. I use gMail and gReader extensively, but I'm not comfortable with the direction that Google is taking as a company right now. I'm sticking with them because there simply isn't good alternatives for me to jump over to at the moment.

Having said that, there have been a number of times where there was a thought in my head that I wanted to share, but it just seemed too short and abrupt for a whole post, which I don't have the time or desire to sit down and write just then. I realize some people post that way, but it just isn't my style. Of course, when I do go to write a post then either I forget about it or it doesn't fit into what I end up talking about, so I just leave it out. At this point I wouldn't say that I've found my most comfortable collection of services, although DW/LJ is definitely part of it. FB is necessary to me because of some people that I would otherwise lose contact with (and who are not geographically close), plus it lets me link them to posts I've cross-posted to Blue's Garden (non-fandom posts, basically). I've fiddled with Tumblr, but it hasn't grown on me yet, mostly because I have to jump through too many hoops to make sure something is properly attributed to its source.

I will say that my little network collective does include Delicious, which not everyone might think of that way. But that's how I find a lot of recs and how I help put the word out about ones I like.