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Am I a dinosaur?
By Arthur Webster of Ask Old Coot
I recently closed down my FaceBook account and am seriously considering closing accounts with other 'ostensibley' social sites. Why? There simply are not enough hours in the day to actually keep up and follow all the people who want to follow me. Here at Qondio it is easy to see who is following you and taking note of what you say because you get notifications and can inter-act directly. On FaceBook I was out of my depth because I did not understand about joining Mafia gangs, sending coffee or little green plants or animals or virtual hugs or nudges etc etc. etc. What is that all about? As far as I am aware, I do not have a farm but I receive gifts for it! Has the world gone mad? I have hundreds of followers on Twitter but how can you follow someone without constantly having Twitter open so that you can see the last 24 tweets in case one of the people you are supposed to be following posts one? All the social sites I belong to are the same. They all seem to generate followers by osmosis. Now, of course, what was started as a social phenomenon has been hi-jacked by the internet marketing crowd so that to see a genuine social post you have to wade through thousands of blatant adverts. This will kill off the value of most sites because, let's face it, who actually joins anything simply to read adverts? I notice that even here there is a small number of advertising intels and I dread that these will be allowed to proliferate and dilute the messages we are all trying to share. While many people follow me to be sure that they can respond to anything with which they disagree or (Yes - it does happen!) agree, it staggers me how many of my blunt posts on social sites are responded to by private email so that the comments do not get associated with my post. People who disagree with me never send me an email. Maybe I am old and ugly enough for people to feel that what I say makes sense but they are young and beautiful enough to worry that my age and ugliness might rub off on them? I say what I think so nobody can be in any doubt as to my stance on specific topics. I will raise subjects to gather reactions and alternative views. I am a seeker after answers. Am I a dinosaur? |
http://www.askoldcoot.info
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Mafia gangs, sending coffee or little green plants or animals or virtual hugs or nudges etc etc. are ways to produce additional page views. The bottom line is that social networks are in the business of selling advertising space. The more ways the social networks can create to produce more page views the more advertising space they have to "sell". For every one of us who do not have time to waste on such activities there are 10 "addicts" in the younger generation who do waste time on these games. I wouldn't be surprised it they created collecting dinosaur food any day now (grin).
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Errrr - wouldn't people be dinosaur food? Does that mean that your forcast has already come true?
Well I guess all these kinds of sites have their place. I'm not good on those social media sites and don't spend much time on them. I've posted my articles on some of them. That's about it... Are you a dinosaur? Nah... They didn't wear glasses.
CONTRIBUTOR'S REPLY
Contacts?
I'm curious. How do you know dinosaurs didn't wear glasses?
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Mustn't let that secret of the bag, must he?
You are certainly not a dinosaur, Arthur. The last I knew, dinosaurs were extinct and you are too valuable a contributor to this site to be extinct.
Keep up the good works.
Best wishes.
Frederick
CONTRIBUTOR'S REPLY
Thanks Frederick,
With the advent of the increased forms of communication over cell phone and internet technology, it is no wonder you may feel like a 'dinosaur'. This doesn't mean those of us elder folk 'are' dinosaurs. With each leap of tech and shiny new tools that seem to increase in appearance every year, yes, it's sometimes a good thing to stop and take stock and just give it a rest. Each new social network that connects people inevitably start to garner a business/advertising aspect as well. Remember the days of pagers, pay phones and teletexts......and oooooooh, that old chestnut.....writing a letter???? anyone?????
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