Another Look at Twitter and Facebook
I have embraced Facebook and Twitter only because I’d be stupid not to. Anyway, back in September, I posted a Facebook review. Unfortunately, nothing has changed since then; all of my initial Facebook reactions remain the same. Perhaps the most disappointing and ironic nature of Facebook is that after years of disconnect with school or day camp friends, I found out that we have nothing to say to each other. Some just accept me as a friend and never even e-mail me.
Here’s a little secret about my Facebook experience: of my 74 friends, I’ve only had a handful of personal messages (I’m not talking about family or friends in real life who communicate with me outside of Facebook). Most people just ignore me or tag my wall with crap. My good news is that I was able to know my half-brothers, well, actually just one of them. I guess the other one is busy uploading photo albums.
Many of my former co-workers or work associates are just gossip mongers who interpret everything I say to be related to Tashman Technologies, so even with privacy options, I simply don’t say anything meaningful on FB.
Regarding society as a whole: I think Facebook ruins dating and relationships. The most powerful weapon a woman has now is her “Facebook Relationship Status”. This is where you see if your relationship gets downgraded from “In a Relationship” to “It’s Complicated” to “Single” and then back to “In a Relationship” (with someone else). Your girlfriend will also get pelted with 100 compliments from guys a day, after all she is posting photos that show her body below the neck.
I think there is no privacy on the default settings and there are too many holes in Facebook’s Terms of Service. Farmville, PetVille, PetSociety, MafiaWars and other Facebook games KILL production. Facebook disgusts me; that being said I log in every day to see what’s happening.
Twitter is a website that baffled me at first, especially since I could never follow when someone responds to a faceless person. It’s like listening to the end of a conversation, and is a waste of time. As it stands now, I like Twitter because Tony Vahl and I can communicate instantly. From the marketing standpoint, Twitter is great because you have a voluntary audience. Of course, how many Twitter followers are “real”? Most are simply robots who are powered by an API to spam the bandwidth. Twitter has become the gathering ground for Internet Marketing wanna-be’s. Here’s a #newsflash, friends: unless you send me a direct @dailyskew tweet, I don’t read your crap. If you are selling the “mom finds out how to get white teeth” ad, I know you’re a spammer.
The mainstream MEDIA likes to give credit to Twitter for the Iranian “revolution” and locating Haitian earthquake survivors. Whatevah. It’s such a simple interface, that you have to wonder what Twitter 2.0 will be like. Why do I have the feeling Twitter will become irrelevant within 5 years, and the robots will find another place to play?
Facebook and Twitter never cease to amaze me when athletes and celebrities (and wanna-be celebs) get in hot water for tying something stupid. Although they bring fans closer to celebrities (the nobility of the modern age) I wish famous figures would exercise a little caution and knowledge about the lack of privacy of their comments.
The level of trivia and insignificant daily updates on Facebook and Twitter is tiring as well. Here are some actual status messages from friends:
“I’m walking to my next class at school and I DEF smell weed!!! Lol”
“We just finished dinner and it was yum yum good!!!!!”
“Spent the evening playing with my new toy. I really like it ;o)”
“Click Here for the Secret Blueprint Everybody Was Waiting For… Learn How A Super Mega Affiliate Makes 7 Figure A Year”
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