Saturday, November 10, 2007
I can't help but really write this entry during the course of my Hiatus. Hopefully it will be read.
What facebook is turning us all into
Before friendster, (or MySpace or facebook or whatever) came along, we'd actually talk to our friends. We'd call each other up, make plans for drinks or dinner, hang out abit, and when the night was over – if we were still sober – we'd say, “Hey, I'll catch you soon,” and then make good on that promise a few months down the road.
These days, instead of good, old-fashioned "catching up", we just throw sheep at each other. Or turn each other into vampires. That's how we keep in touch – we hurl metaphorical ruminant at our buddies and affectionately turn them into the Undead. I'd hate to think what goes on inside Enemyster.com.
Don't get me wrong, I am drawn to the dark side as well, having a friendster, Hi5, zorpia, everyonesconnected and facebook accounts myself. (Not that I don't check them very often), every now and then an email will pop up, where one of my friends has very pleasantly sent an invitation for me to "JOIN NOW!", and I will unwittingly just click the "ok" button, and voila, in a matter of seconds, I have a new account in what-ever-keep-in-touch.com
But now of course, the latest fad in this internet-socionetworking arena is facebook, where I am just amazed at the number of application invitations I get everytime I login. It's very surprising though, everytime I go in, I get "bashed", either someone throws me a teapot, or uses "the force" on me, or turns me into a werewolf or throws a sheep at me whatever, poor me getting bashed online.
It's all good fun, of course, and it sure beats not keeping in touch at all. But let's face it guys, one of the biggest reasons why internet networking portals appeal to us is because of the profiles of all the people we don't even know. A photo of a god-looking girl will draw you into her complete profile faster than you can say "superpoke!" Let's not forget, though, that while you're checking out her photos, news feeds and Scrabulous scores, she might very well be checking yours out – bad news if your vocabulary isn't exactly puissant.
And by the way "puissant", means potent or powerful, will earn you 36 points across a triple-word score. Only silly vampiric sheep can understand it.
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