Week 3 Readings

Friends Until I Delete You

What I really want to know is what was Burger King was trying to prove as a result of the contest? Were they trying to point out that a hamburger is more important to many people than the depth of friendships on Facebook? The contest is kind of telling though in that there were many who were willing to drop people for a $3.00 piece of meat.
I can empathize with some of the droppers though. It’s my feeling that sometimes in any relationship friendship or otherwise there comes a point where making a clean and complete cut is a healthy option. It’s not to say that the relationship can never be put back together but even something like dropping someone on facebook can be symbolic of deeper emotional ties.

Being There

As a new-comer who with a little more us is rapidly gaining interest in Twitter, my favorite line of this article was “we FINALLY have a polite space for ‘My sponge smells like a hot dog.’ ”
Spontaneous bursts of being: perfect.
One of my first gripes with Twitter was that I have 5 people who are following me so if I make a comment my thought is, “who is going to read this?” After this article though, I kind of don’t care if anyone reads it. While Twitter can provide a place for me to give realistic updates, none of my friends who I’m in contact with in real time are on it so for now Twitter is my place to say, “My dog’s feet smell like corn chips” (And they do…)


Twitter Survey

The results aren’t surprising to me. The younger generation are the first to embrace the newest technology.
I’d like to see the same survey done in 6 months, 1 year, 2 years and see if A) Overall usage of twitter increases and B) if like many other uses of technology (cell phones, facebook) the trickle-down effect will occur and to see how much the percentage in the older generations will change.