I can't believe how much I enjoyed reading the 25 things my friends posted. As time goes on, people lose track of friends, but my friends shared enough for me to remember why they were my friends. Their personalities came out in ways you never see with the boilerplate profiles and status updates.
25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You
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#32"Here's an organically evolved thing that is really resonating with people. Clearly it's dumb." Sweet.
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#33How is this different from the various chain emails sent?
Lately I have been thinking exactly that. Facebook really is nothing more than a slightly 'structured' form of e-mail. Or at least that's how people are using it. Your Friends list translate into your address book, and it enables you to send around all kinds chain messages, stupid powerpoint presentations and fart videos.
I have been ignoring these emails for years and years, why would things be any different on FB?
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#34"This recent bout of viral narcissism has sent roughly 800,000 hours of worktime productivity down the drain...But it's just so stupid...I can't believe I'm saying this, but I've finally found something more stupid than Twitter." I think the only thing worse than sharing mundane details about yourself for the world to see is to be the TIME writer that has sunk so low as to whine about it in a front-page article (yes,…
Well, the link made it to the front page of HN...
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#35"I like to tape my thumbs to my hands to see what it would be like to be a dinosaur."
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#36I don't know, I enjoyed reading the majority of the lists I encountered. I also enjoyed writing mine. Why are we so uptight?
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#37I didn't RTFA, but just from the headline, it's pretty obvious why any church can't ignore science: Because it contradicts their bronze age dogma.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? This counts as journalism these days? No, but it counts as selling eyeballs to advertisers, which is the business Time is in. It's the same business all magazines are in.
The sad thing is I found the list far more interesting than the article. Hint: If your going to rant about something as a waste of time don't let it upstage you're job.
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#39I don't know, I enjoyed reading the majority of the lists I encountered. I also enjoyed writing mine. Why are we so uptight?
Because certain people believe that because we're spending time writing these lists, it's a sign that we're not being productive.
On the contrary: we're more productive than any other generation. We have instant communication, incredibly powerful tools for computing information, and creating things is easier now than it's ever been before. Because of that, people have more time to unwind. Possibly it's even necessary to keep our minds relaxed. Those things get ignored by Time Magazine, which likes sensationalism and negativity because it sells.
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#40Hypothesis: Your opinion of friend based social networks is a direct reflection on the people you surround yourself with, and thus a reflection of your opinion of yourself. I rather like Twitter...