Status:Confused Mood: Bewilderment
Having become more active on Facebook, as it's enabled me to get back in touch with some people I've missed quite a bit, I've noticed a few trends that confuse me.
I know MySpace has it as well, but there I was more able to ignore it- Status/Mood updating. I don't get it. Especially frequent updating of it. It's akin to posting horribly mundane goings on constantly (as ENTIRELY too many Twitter people do, which I ignore entirely, aside from when it shows up in their LJ posts). I'm not sure what the rationale behind it is. It's just removing yourself another degree from actively interacting with people. Instead of folk having to ping you to see what you're up to, they can just refresh, and see your last status.
And all the causes that are one there- hey, great. it's a method for letting people get aware of things thru a popular forum, but the interaction there is HORRIBLY passive as well. I was a group yesterday that had 250,000 members, and had raised all of 3000$. that's a penny each, aggregate. Not so much for the caring, after all. Today I noticed Starbucks is doing a 5c donation on handcrafted drinks. Why not just donate the latte money directly? Sure, it takes a little bit more effort to figure out how, but hey, if you really wanted, THEN you could deduct it from your taxes. Can't do that with a latte.
It's just really bizarre to me how much time people spend on token gestures. No one's been able to really explain it either.
As an aside, anyone who tries to get me into the games and causes, etc on Facebook will fail. It's not you, I just don't use it for that is all. I block the apps as you make me notice them :P