Maybe try a different approach on the situation and try to put her in a situation where she is kind of put in your shoes.
example: hey mom, I need your input on something. Oneof my friends moms freaked out on her when she found out that her daughter had a facebook and twitter account. she thinks that it's going to corrupt her daughter and that she is doing(whatever you come up with) and my friend can't figure out for the life in her how to explain to her mom that she is keeping in contact with old friends, etc. etc.
your mom appears to be well versed in both these online activities, hopefully she will chime in and after chatting back and forth maybe relate it to your situation with your mom about how just because you don't understand something, it's not bad.
I thankfully do not have that much resistance from my family or they have got use to it over the many years keeping them, that and my 3 year old daughter LOVES reptiles and grandma can't get mad at her so....
I wish you all the luck, even with a distant family relationship... it hurts when there is a feeling of disapproval, worse when you are in the right.
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