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I have spent the last six months experiencing the fruits and joys of internet preaching, exploring different methods of doing so. Skype, myspace, youtube, facebook, and Krishna.com Livehelp...

During my six months serving on livehelp, I would say the majority of callers are really seeking out association, and thinking of questions for the sole purpose of just speaking to a devotee. Advice of visiting the temple, and keeping in touch with the devotees there, making friends, still seems to be a daunting idea for many of those people.

With modern age technology upon us, people are finding a safety zone behind their computer screens, loosing touch with the old fashioned awkwardness of first meetings and conversations. Usually I am asked to provide some form of chatroom, or social networking internet site.