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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
A Generational Thing
I have no one to talk to, so I talk to myself. Blogging is just an extension of talking to myself. I don't write down thoughts with the idea that Joe Schmoe from Kokomo will ever be interested in anything I might say about anything. Fred's Bank won't care about my thoughts on the banking system, and President Obama won't care if I like him or not. The Democratic National Party only really wants my money, not my thoughts, not that they don't receive a lot more of them from time to time than money in spite of that fact. No, blogging is just that; talking to myself.
That's why I think My Space and Facebook, et. al. ("My Face") and Tweeting is so strange. Blogging is a way to place ideas, opinions and thoughts about a random subject in grouped, logical paragraphs and examine them. But just posting Tweets, and single sentences about what you are doing now ("I'm buying new shoes" etc.) Seems so, so......well, so desperate! "Hey! I'm buying new shoes right now....is anybody out there? Does anybody care?"
Don't get me wrong, I've tried them all, and only Facebook seems remotely useful, because I can track what a few friends and occasionally what my children have been doing, even if they don't specifically email their activities to me. In this day and age, when we can't even be bothered to hit the "reply" button, this can be useful. But I have yet to "Poke" anyone. I'm too busy talking to myself.
It must be a generational thing.
That's why I think My Space and Facebook, et. al. ("My Face") and Tweeting is so strange. Blogging is a way to place ideas, opinions and thoughts about a random subject in grouped, logical paragraphs and examine them. But just posting Tweets, and single sentences about what you are doing now ("I'm buying new shoes" etc.) Seems so, so......well, so desperate! "Hey! I'm buying new shoes right now....is anybody out there? Does anybody care?"
Don't get me wrong, I've tried them all, and only Facebook seems remotely useful, because I can track what a few friends and occasionally what my children have been doing, even if they don't specifically email their activities to me. In this day and age, when we can't even be bothered to hit the "reply" button, this can be useful. But I have yet to "Poke" anyone. I'm too busy talking to myself.
It must be a generational thing.
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