To twitter or not to facebook… is that the question?
As I’m immersing myself into my Broadcast course I find that I am beginning to drown in accounts for this that and the other. My email accounts have increased fourfold; from my trusty hotmail account one month ago to now having a google, yahoo, and university accounts to contend with. Annoyingly this is so that I can participate with the portfolio of social networks I now need to somehow infiltrate. Alongside that old friend facebook there is now twitter, a googlegroup, flickr and this blog to manage. Oh and how can I forget myspace which I attempted in late 2006 but has been defunct since summer 2007.
Are these new things like twitter and such set out to destroy me? Are they just fads? Will they be lost in the ether like myspace which at the time I poured hours of effort into, seemingly now for no apparent benefit? Can I pay someone to manage it for me like the Stereophonics said they do? That’ll be loads easier. I like easy.
Who regularly uses myspace anymore? After being swallowed by facebook no doubt the next new thing is sharpening its teeth ready to devour that. I’m not the best at staying up to date with all things online, something that will undoubtedly have to change, but I don’t think I am the only one. If it’s too complicated then I get turned off and lose interest. Perhaps I’m a bit of a luddite, or maybe thats a bit strong. I do reluctantly get on board with these things eventually, when i need to. Or moreover, when I see the advantage.
And I think thats the point, there needs to be a point. There’s some interesting points in this blog…
Makes sense really. Maybe I can be won over.
Being brutally honest I am a bit overwhelmed by the sheer scale of it all. In my last job the internet was the perfect skiving tool. A place where I could waste time. Now I’m embarking upon a career where its my greatest tool and I can’t get my head around it. Its going to take discipline, some serious discipline or else I won’t get anything done.
I’m a firm believer that one can rely a little too much on ‘social networks’. What happened to good old face to face interaction? What is social about sitting at a computer on your own? Right sod this, thats enough for one day. I’m off down the pub…
Chris Halpin
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