Is There a Blessing for Social Networking?

We Jews pray for a lot of things.  We bless when we buy something new.  We bless the food we eat.  We even have a prayer for going to the bathroom.  No, that's not a joke.  There is a blessing for going to the bathroom.

But it occurred to me today that there are an awful lot of spiritual and community leaders on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and all of the other social media venues which got me thinking, is there a blessing one should say before posting?

There is a beautiful prayer recited before one studies Torah, and it goes, "Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the World, who has sanctified us with your commandments and commanded us to engage in the words of Torah."  And I love that prayer because it talks about engaging with the words rather than just learning them or listening to them.  For me, social networking is also about engagement with one another, and for that reason, I believe it has the potential to be holy.

So here is what I'm offering:

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the World, who inspires us to engage with the community, to celebrate our joys and mourn our pains, and to honor your presence in the world by elevating our compassion, our speech, and our connection with the members of our social networking community.

It's not perfect, but it's a place to begin.  And I have to wonder, if we pause to acknowledge where God falls in our posting before we update our statuses, will it change or influence what we have to say?