Did I ever mention how ridiculously stupid the concept of social networking is?
I think, that I haven't been quiet about how stupid I think it is. Complete with a list of creations that are a result of social networking, especially Facebook, Twitter, so on and so forth, I've been relatively successful at being unaffected by these things. Part of it stems from a lack of want to conform to society, but most of it is to do with the fact that I never saw the point. Why do I need to know what everyone else is doing at any given time of day? Why do I need a computer program to talk with all my friends? Why do I need to tell everyone else what I'm doing, and why do I need them to hit my "like" button?
My latest revelation about social networking is that, not only does news about individuals become news for everyone else, but everyone wants to use it to join in and make it sound like they really do read the newspaper or watch/listen to the news. Case in point, the death of the great Whitney Houston. This is sourced from Gizmodo, where people really couldn't tell Whitney Houston apart from Oprah Winfrey.
In an attempt to start the "RIP Whitney" trend, ignorant fools decide to put up pictures of an African American woman with a simple "RIP Whitney" scrawled below it. It's a surprise they didn't start posting Michelle Obama's pictures first. This begs the question : in what world does Oprah Winfrey resemble Whitney Houston? Of course, because there are posts, there will be comments. One comment even reads : "OMG Oprah and Whitney both died?"
It seems that social media now exploits idiocy and because of idiocy, it even spreads confusion to other idiots on the planet. Being a highly tech savvy person, people have always asked me why I never joined on the bandwagon. I think I have another reason : I'm allergic to idiots, and I don't want to be constantly notified of their existence.
