What if you wanted to talk to people on the other side of the planet?
(grumble grumble)
I was wondering where I heard that…and somehow MySpace slipped in there. I give myself -1000.
In terms of original (but not likely unique) jokes, I have tried to spread the idea that the kind of people who use Twitter can be described by the first four letters of the name.
Reminds me of a funny shirt from T-shirt Hell
I dunno, I like to think of myself as still pretty young, but these things are beyond me.
The closest I’ve ever gotten to “social networking” on the interweb is, uh, the SDMB.
[Staring at my computer at 10:30 on a Friday night …]
I miss DopeFests.
Except that one involves actual social interaction with other human beings in meatspace.
And the other involves actual social interaction with other human beings on the internet. Talking, phoning, writing, emailing, texting, blogging, status updates, MSN, Skype; they’re all legitimate forms of communication that are appropriate in different circumstances. Thinking that you can’t wait to post something on facebook is functionally identical to thinking you’d love to tell your mates over a beer at the pub and it is ignorant to look down on someone for doing so. Just because some people are unwilling to see the value of one form of communication does not mean that it is of less value than other forms of communication. I’ll go a bit further and say that communicating with family and friends on Facebook is far more valuable than discussing the subject with a bunch of strangers on a message board.
snort …I am a HUGE Facebook fan, but mostly to keep in touch with old camp friends and organization friends too… I too don’t understand the point of Twitter … Myspace seems filled with spammers.
Wouldn’t this mean I’d end up inviting some poorly acquainted, near-strangers to come on MyFaceTwit?
Social networking is somewhat similar to business networking, only instead of pretending to like people you don’t in order to get a job, it’s to get some action.
I heard it was going to be called “Flick My Face You Twit”
My favorite girl is 33 and I’m 42. She likes most of the social networks and thinks my reading sdmb is weird. I tell her that I’d rather be able to choose an interesting topic and discuss it with strangers than gossip and fight with a few people I know/hate. She then rolls her eyes at me. It’s a generational thing that only takes 9 years to develop. Future Shock was right.
You and me both. The class nerd from 1982 just wrote back surprised I was still single. (She’s not.)
Way to incorrectly identify which way the sarcasm was pointing, dude.
Or does “meatspace” actually have a positive connotation to you?
IRL, your tone of voice of voice would have told us you were being sarcastic. Online, it is standard practice to take statements at face value unless you are told otherwise.
Meatspace has a bit of a negative connotation, but how are we supposed to know you aren’t using it ironically?