Thursday, March 4, 2010

Nothing in the 'fridge, guess I'll have to order take out...

Social Networking media entities like Facebook and Twitter have become so popular that they are beginning to develop their own socially acceptable rules. I was reading a girly magazine the other day and there was an article about common things that people feel the need to post on their FB/Twitter page that clearly break the laws of “we don’t care!” , “join the club,” and “too much information.” I don’t have the article on hand because I read it at the gym but it was pretty funny-and sadly very true. It gave examples of the crimes people commit like posting “There’s nothing in my fridge, settling on PB&J for lunch.” This comment of course breaks the “we don’t care!” law. Then there are other people who complain about something stupid—for lack of a better word: “Up since 5am and have so much work to do!” –“join the club” applies here. And then there are people who tell you things that you never wanted to know. Ever. For instance, why they broke up with their boyfriend, how they are officially done being sick, etc. This article was hilarious because of its content but I really do get annoyed with the minute-by-minute updates people post. I guess that’s the point of these social media sites but when one person posts so much garbage that all you see is their name and everything they’ve done in the past week on your home page-enough is enough!

2 comments:

  1. i totally agree with you. there is twitter etiquette. and i can't stand people that tweet like five times an hour. one of my friends takes it so personally when people unfollow her on twitter, but really, sometimes my entire news feed is clogged with her bullshit. i'm glad we can recognize what bad tweeting looks like and move past it.

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  2. Going back to the beginning of the course--semiotics, the social construction of meaning, and all that--it makes sense that new media norms emerge bottom-up like this. Interesting!

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