It started off back in middle school; the "Facebook" fever. The blue and white social network was the new narcotics. Personally, I'd spend a minimum of five hours a day "writing on walls" and "poking my friends." They even integrated small flash games; adding insult to injury. But then we grew up and moved on. To Youtube.
Watching videos about everything and anything; your own personal online TV where you can pick your own channel, pause, and skip commercials. Then it hit me; if I can watch uploaded videos, why can't I upload my own and become an internet sensation? Then the Youtube frenzy started; inspired by such comedians like Kevin Hart and Ray William Johnson and his "=3". Soon, everyone was a standup comedian. Everyone was an artist, a prankster, a mentor or even a math tutor.
That's when Twitter came to life. All that's to it is a website where you can "tweet" in 140 characters about anything you want. Funny tweets were "retweeted" by some. Religious tweets as well, even political tweets. If you want to view someone's tweets all you needed was to "follow" him. What's the trick? It turned into a popularity contest based on the number of followers. If I have a 1000+ followers, I'm a "twitter elite."
And so the dilemma started all over again, from one network to the other, from a drug to the other. Wasted minutes became wasted hours; days then weeks. Took a picture next to the neighbors car? Quickly post it on Facebook to get 50+ likes! Took a video of your cat sleeping? Upload it on Youtube and get 500 views! The chocolate bar you left in the fridge disappeared? Tweet about how obese your brother is and get 20 retweets! Took a picture of a donut? Upload it on Instagram. Had a nightmare? Broadcast its details to your BlackBerry Messenger contacts list. Feeling emotionally unstable? Update your Windows Live personal message about your unfortunate life. Failed your Maths test? Tell everyone about it via Whatsapp. Missed the bus? Tweet about it first then call the driver and ask him to come back. Do you see where I'm getting at? Do you get the general picture? If you do, then like this status and share it with all your friends.
The number of social networks is exponentially growing because, well, business. The time you invest is directly proportional to the money they make. The more you use their networks, the more the views, the more certain companies would want their ads posted in such highly populated sites. Everyone's happy, except parents and teachers, ofcourse. But as heartless teenagers, we couldn't care less.
And then came Blogger. Why am I not surprised? Did Sergey Brin, the creator of Google, decide to buy a new BMW so he built his own social network? Where did he come up with such a name anyways. Blogger. Blogg-er. The more you say it the funnier it sounds. Blogg-er. Hey, I'm blogging. Watch me as I blog. Want to go blogging with me? Blog Blog Blog. Come back in about three months time and suddenly blogger is the new best thing. I can already see the "Download Blogger now on your iPhone 7s." Come back in six months time and blogger's suddenly full of ads. Nine months and blogger's abandoned for the new "Shizle," or whatever the next Social Network's going to be called.
Now excuse me, I'll go make my own Social Network. I'll call it, let's see, MySpace. What? What do you mean this name's already been taken?
Watching videos about everything and anything; your own personal online TV where you can pick your own channel, pause, and skip commercials. Then it hit me; if I can watch uploaded videos, why can't I upload my own and become an internet sensation? Then the Youtube frenzy started; inspired by such comedians like Kevin Hart and Ray William Johnson and his "=3". Soon, everyone was a standup comedian. Everyone was an artist, a prankster, a mentor or even a math tutor.
That's when Twitter came to life. All that's to it is a website where you can "tweet" in 140 characters about anything you want. Funny tweets were "retweeted" by some. Religious tweets as well, even political tweets. If you want to view someone's tweets all you needed was to "follow" him. What's the trick? It turned into a popularity contest based on the number of followers. If I have a 1000+ followers, I'm a "twitter elite."
And so the dilemma started all over again, from one network to the other, from a drug to the other. Wasted minutes became wasted hours; days then weeks. Took a picture next to the neighbors car? Quickly post it on Facebook to get 50+ likes! Took a video of your cat sleeping? Upload it on Youtube and get 500 views! The chocolate bar you left in the fridge disappeared? Tweet about how obese your brother is and get 20 retweets! Took a picture of a donut? Upload it on Instagram. Had a nightmare? Broadcast its details to your BlackBerry Messenger contacts list. Feeling emotionally unstable? Update your Windows Live personal message about your unfortunate life. Failed your Maths test? Tell everyone about it via Whatsapp. Missed the bus? Tweet about it first then call the driver and ask him to come back. Do you see where I'm getting at? Do you get the general picture? If you do, then like this status and share it with all your friends.
The number of social networks is exponentially growing because, well, business. The time you invest is directly proportional to the money they make. The more you use their networks, the more the views, the more certain companies would want their ads posted in such highly populated sites. Everyone's happy, except parents and teachers, ofcourse. But as heartless teenagers, we couldn't care less.
And then came Blogger. Why am I not surprised? Did Sergey Brin, the creator of Google, decide to buy a new BMW so he built his own social network? Where did he come up with such a name anyways. Blogger. Blogg-er. The more you say it the funnier it sounds. Blogg-er. Hey, I'm blogging. Watch me as I blog. Want to go blogging with me? Blog Blog Blog. Come back in about three months time and suddenly blogger is the new best thing. I can already see the "Download Blogger now on your iPhone 7s." Come back in six months time and blogger's suddenly full of ads. Nine months and blogger's abandoned for the new "Shizle," or whatever the next Social Network's going to be called.
Now excuse me, I'll go make my own Social Network. I'll call it, let's see, MySpace. What? What do you mean this name's already been taken?
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