When Stuff Goes Sour: Social Networking and the End of the Universe
(I always liked coming up with titles for my papers in school.)
So I just had a conversation with
ganimede. It went thusly:
Michael: What did you get up to today?
Nathaniel: stuff :P
Michael: Oh, that sounds terribly exciting :P
Nathaniel: It was thrilling
Nathaniel: just wait for the LJ post. "Today I did Stuff."
Nathaniel: Maybe I should make it a Facebook status. "Today I did Stuff. Like if you did Stuff too!!!"
Nathaniel: sorry forgot the obligatory LOL
Michael: *snrk*
Nathaniel: ten minutes later, 25 likes and 4 comments saying "omg i totally did stuff too lol"
Nathaniel: two comments that just say "lol"
Michael: By the next day, there will be dozens of comments that just say 'lol'
Nathaniel: and right at the bottom one that says "doing stuff suckz"
Michael: *was just thinking that*
Nathaniel: which then gets more likes than the original status
Michael: Exactly.
Nathaniel: at which point everyone over the age of 19 thinks "wtf? Facebook is rubbish" and goes to LJ to write a long rant about it.
Michael: And then you have succeeded in getting people to come back to LJ!
Nathaniel: and the LJ post gets 1 comment that says "I know."
Nathaniel: the other 95 readers of the post all nod sympathetically
Michael: Yus, and say not one word
Nathaniel: and look for the Like button
Michael: *snrk*
Nathaniel: it's funny cos it's true
Michael: It's v funny and v v true
Nathaniel: hey you could post it on LJ! how meta
Nathaniel: and then you could make a status on Facebook linking to your LJ post
Nathaniel: although, I think writing a post about Facebook and LJ, and the posting about them on LJ and Facebook is probably the way the world ends
Nathaniel: it's the social networking equivalent of dividing by zero *nods sagely*
...
Michael: 'Today, Nathaniel did Stuff. Then he told me about it and I giggled a lot cos he's a funny boy. Fin.'
Nathaniel: no! 'Today Nathaniel did Stuff. Then we discussed the wider implications of doing Stuff with regards to Social Networking and the End of the Universe. Fin.' :P
So I just had a conversation with
ganimede. It went thusly:Michael: What did you get up to today?
Nathaniel: stuff :P
Michael: Oh, that sounds terribly exciting :P
Nathaniel: It was thrilling
Nathaniel: just wait for the LJ post. "Today I did Stuff."
Nathaniel: Maybe I should make it a Facebook status. "Today I did Stuff. Like if you did Stuff too!!!"
Nathaniel: sorry forgot the obligatory LOL
Michael: *snrk*
Nathaniel: ten minutes later, 25 likes and 4 comments saying "omg i totally did stuff too lol"
Nathaniel: two comments that just say "lol"
Michael: By the next day, there will be dozens of comments that just say 'lol'
Nathaniel: and right at the bottom one that says "doing stuff suckz"
Michael: *was just thinking that*
Nathaniel: which then gets more likes than the original status
Michael: Exactly.
Nathaniel: at which point everyone over the age of 19 thinks "wtf? Facebook is rubbish" and goes to LJ to write a long rant about it.
Michael: And then you have succeeded in getting people to come back to LJ!
Nathaniel: and the LJ post gets 1 comment that says "I know."
Nathaniel: the other 95 readers of the post all nod sympathetically
Michael: Yus, and say not one word
Nathaniel: and look for the Like button
Michael: *snrk*
Nathaniel: it's funny cos it's true
Michael: It's v funny and v v true
Nathaniel: hey you could post it on LJ! how meta
Nathaniel: and then you could make a status on Facebook linking to your LJ post
Nathaniel: although, I think writing a post about Facebook and LJ, and the posting about them on LJ and Facebook is probably the way the world ends
Nathaniel: it's the social networking equivalent of dividing by zero *nods sagely*
...
Michael: 'Today, Nathaniel did Stuff. Then he told me about it and I giggled a lot cos he's a funny boy. Fin.'
Nathaniel: no! 'Today Nathaniel did Stuff. Then we discussed the wider implications of doing Stuff with regards to Social Networking and the End of the Universe. Fin.' :P