Sacred Cows

It is to laugh.

Over the last few days I have received more email about a Facebook post that I didn't even post on Facebook than any other post.

I guess people don't like it when you ridicule their sacred cows, but I stand behind my point. Most people on Facebook are there to glorify themselves. Too many cooks, not enough dishwashers. Everyone talking, nobody listening.

- The level of content has a reductionist quality that quietly reduces our humanity to the point that we are all little more than digital "its", our communication limited by the falsely imposed constraints. If Facebook is the beginning, then the final vision is even dumber. And that is a level of dumbness that I cannot conceive. Then again, maybe I'm stupid.

- Facebook is like being at a bad cocktail party where a bunch of people who never drink think that everything they exclaim is a profound revelation as they guzzle their third cosmo from the open bar, with nary a complete sentence in sight.

- 500,000,000 users my ass. Two thirds are fake, or is this your first time on the internet?

- These people are not your "Friends". Friends are precious things, acquired through time and experience and sharing. Facebook warps perception, whereby some are unable to distinguish between their real friends and the disposable Facebook type.

- Many people are on Facebook because they want something from you. And you are on Facebook because you want something from them. Money. Power. Approval. And don't give me that garbage about how great Facebook is for "communication". Email and blogging are better tools for communication. People use Facebook not to communicate, but to broadcast their communications. Communicating via Facebook is like trying to write a novel while skydiving. Facebook yields the level of discourse to the vacuousness of the clever. Concepts need not apply.

- The people that run this shit want something from you. Nice people like Mr. Zuckerberg do not provide services like Facebook for free because they care deeply. They want your information, and I don't care what your privacy settings are, they are taking it. You might want to read the privacy agreement that comes with your Facebook account.

- Google is now scanning Facebook. What this means is that once Google has your shit, it is there forever. This is common across the internet, the real change is the fact that Facebook exponentially increases the likelihood that someone else can post things about you that can be searched by Google. Tagged in a photo? Mentioned in a post? Unless you catch it quickly, it is up there permanently.

Think about it. How many of your "friends" have you spoken to on the phone? How many of your "friends" did you give a birthday gift to? What on earth are you trying to do?

Make no mistake, I'm not done with crapping on Facebook, but I'm aware that nothing will change until the next generation decides that Facebook is no longer cool. Until that happens I will be stomping on your sacred cow and ridiculing your participation in the worlds biggest cult until you figure out that you are being played.

So played.

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