Twitter Makes Life Better (Pt. 1)
A friend of mine shared a Thought Catalog post that traces our appropriations of people’s personae through brief glances at their Twitter feeds.
It was pretty good.
One line stuck out. With respect to Twitter…
“It’s better than Facebook. Because at least you don’t have to see photo albums of fat people from your high school getting married.”
That struck me as particularly insightful. In fact, I feel like there’s now a common cultural experience related to obsolete Facebook friends who erupt into your current life based on your news-feed, perfectly characterized by the Thought Catalogue statement.
When I receive one of the offending updates, my own thoughts almost universally run as follows:
1. Why the hell do I have you on Facebook.
2. Wow, you’ve really put on weight.
3. Holy shit… I can’t believe you’re getting married.
4. Holy Shit! I can’t believe you’re marrying that person.
5. No, I don’t want to go to your “Stag and Doe” (whatever that is), and inviting someone who hasn’t seen you in ten years just makes you look pathetic.
Am I alone in this thought, or has Facebook and the new development of oversaturation in obsolete and meaningless friendships created a fresh phenomenon, specific to one situation? How many of these can we identify?
