So there was this thing called Myspace. In fact, it still exists. But mainly it was huge when Jr High and High School hit and everyone was all over it. Uploading pictures, creating your own web page with your favorite song playing in the background, friends posting on it. Everyone and their mom knows who Tom from Myspace is. And if you don't..you might be behind on technology.
Next came Facebook. Some first discovered this for college while others have been using it for ages. Regardless, it is a toned down and more mature and faster way of using Myspace, with extra features like networks, gifts, games, and more. The only thing it lacks is the song playing, but who needs that? It is a social networking website to get straight to the point.
But the latest? The latest is Twitter. I just discovered it this past week, while my roommate rambled about Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt's posts on their Twitter. So why in the world would I even go to Twitter? It is a whole different world. If you haven't been on it yet, definitely take a gander. It's new and it's hip. The only thing that makes it different is the way it posts constant status updates with nothing else to offer except the latest gossip, celebrity gossip. You can "follow" whoever you want, and they can "follow" you too.
@ creative writing class, does anyone use twitter?
In fact, all it is, is a constant update of simple thoughts and opinions.
Tweets.
Kind of cute.
Here are also some facts to think about. With the fastpaced change of this computer based world, here are some crazy thoughts:
1 out of 8 couples married in the United States last year have met online
There are over 200 million registered users on Myspace
If Myspace were a country, it would be the 5th largest in the world (between Indonesia and Brazil)
We are living in exponential times
There are 31 billion searches on Google every month
Today the number of text messages sent and recieved, exceeds the total population of the planet.
Predictions are that by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational cabilities of the entire human species.
Times are changing, till next time, tweet tweet.
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You can hold me personally responsible for about half of those Google searches. :)
ReplyDeleteVery clever. props. Haha and I have to admit I google everything!
ReplyDeleteDon't we all? It's crazy. And she's talking about major technological shifts of the last few years. I love the bit about computers in 2049--can't wait to see those babies!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I have to say: I love the use of the past tense with MySpace and FB, as if they're already dead and gone (which they aren't, but they are...).
ReplyDeleteTrue dat. I have never actually seen Twitter, but I do Facebook. Twitter seems a little too ridiculous to me. Maybe if I am lucky they will come up with the next big thing and I can skip over the Twitter step.
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