Previously, I talked about citizen journalism. Or at least I hope you cared enough to know that I was talking about that. I came to the conclusion that not everyone has what it takes to be journalist. Or if people even cared about what you were writing in the 1st place.
So this brings to a somewhat related topic concerning Social networking. Especially new systems like Twitter and to some extent, Facebook. Alright, I don't really like using all these social networking systems so my views may undoubtedly come off as a bit biased. But please bear with me. To me, social networking is something that allows me to keep in contact with my friends and other people and let me know what they are doing with their lives. This is fine and dandy, and Facebook and Twitter do a remarkable job in doing this. Unfortunately, it is doing too good a job.
When I say that I know what they are doing with their lives, I want to know what is their status. For example, if they are working, changed job, changed wives, changed sexes, had a child, or married a child and therefore ended up in jail. Heck, I would like to know if the person is even alive, or whether he was just a figment of my imagination. I would certainly NOT want to know about that very normal chicken rice you had for a very boring lunch in an unremarkable workplace cafeteria. Neither would I like to know how much trouble you have changing your baby's diapers, nor the new Kama Sutra position you are trying out with your loved one.
You might think that a person who posts this kind of stuff on the Internet for all to see is some kind of narcissist or has some kind of issues. Well guess what? Millions of people are doing this on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Twitter is even worse as it allows near instant updates to what you are doing at this very instant! People will know at the exact instant you farted the moment you tweet it! If I could be bothered, I could make a tweet about writing this blog post right now. But what I think is, who CARES? Who cares that I am writing a blog right now! My answer is : no one. Or at least, they shouldn't. I do hope they are not stalkers.
Picture says it all.
Why do so many people use all these new social networking sites that allow minute to minute updates? Is it so important to let people know what you are doing at that very instant or at least on that day? Is it to fulfill some kind of psychological need to feel important and thus boost our egos? With these social networking sites, people can feel that they are all important. Lets all hear them roar! I am going to put write about this blog on my Facebook account and update my Twitter that I have finished my post, so please post your comments there! It helps me to feel that at least someone cares about what is happening in my otherwise mundane life!
Nope, I certainly don't care about your latest attempt in producing babies.
P.S. If you didn't realize, I do NOT have a Facebook or Twitter account so don't bother looking for one, though I couldn't care less if you were looking or not.
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