How many hours is this going to take?

I do not consider myself techonologically inept, but I would say I have treaded lightly into all of the new types of social interaction available.  I mean I did not reactivate my facebook profile until two years ago and just checked in to my first place on facebook two weeks ago.  I have never used twitter, I read blogs but never thought I would be writing one, and I thought Google+ was still reserved for only important people to try out (not that I am not important).  So, needless to say, it took me MANY hours to figure our how to get all of these up and running.  I can't even imagine at this point that I will be able to remember all of my passwords, but I definitely feel more blindly socially connected to strangers than ever before.  Since I am an MNpS student and not a PAF student, in my classes we speak of how important it is to understand how to use all of these applications, but never get the opportunity to learn how to execute membership to them.  I am in one word "overwhelmed."  It is a weird feeling waiting for others to accept you on these sites and sharing personal whereabouts with total strangers, but that is basically what social interaction has currently become.  I know more about my friends from their facebook updates and check ins than from actual conversations, and I have come to accept that that is perfectly okay.  I can actually never talk to a friend and be fully updated on everything relevant that I need to know, and I am sure much more than I need to know by employing these other applications as well.  That being said, for the hours and hours it took me to figure this out, will it just shorten the amount of time I need to spend talking to people and looking for current news?  And do I really want that?!