Facebook is

July 29, 2007 at 6:15 pm (cultural comment, poignant, superficial)

I have noticed a trend that Facebook seems to be replacing blogging as an online activity. I think this is a real shame as Facebook is much more superficial and less thoughtful than individual’s blogs. I expect the reason for Facebook’s rise in popularity is to do with this though – as you don’t need to spend hours musing over something to write, you just type a one sentence status update to let your friends know what you’re up to:

Sidekick is: sad that no-one is blogging as much

Sidekick is: short of something to blog about herself

Sidekick is: annoyed by facebook 

1 Comment

  1. John H said,

    I’m still resisting the peer pressure over Facebook. My fear is that it will just be another thing that eats time, and doesn’t actually achieve anything. At least I can tell myself that blogging is a) a good way for me to get my thoughts straightened out sometimes, b) a way of practicing my writing skills, and c) and effective way of sharing silly stuff with friends. But I know what you mean about being short of things to blog about…

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