Comments on: I’m Doomed http://www.notnews.org/life/im-doomed/ Philosophy, public affairs and pop culture. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Earl Green http://www.notnews.org/life/im-doomed/#comment-10202 Earl Green Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:57:59 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/?p=544#comment-10202 I've got about two weeks of Facebook experience on you, and yeah, it does throw an awful lot of stuff at you, and a lot of it is the apps they have for gifts and games and whatnot. I'm torn on that; some days I'm up for sending someone a virtual Star Wars figure, some days I'm just not. The same with notifications on what they're doing with various online games; one day it's a solid wall of mental clutter, but then every once in a while you see someone's game status boldly proclaim that they have bought a fish, thereby enabling you to comment "Would you like to buy our extended warranty for your new fish?" and brighten their day (or at least make it more surreal). At this point, about two weeks in, I've tweaked my settings for how much notification I send out, and how much I receive, as much as I'm going to, and I'm just learning to parse and process it like I would background conversation in a real setting. Now, if the argument was that 30+ couldn't handle Myspace, I'd find it hard arguing with that. I've tried Myspace, but it's so busy and cluttered and ADHD-inducing that I'm down to checking my inbox once a week. Facebook is tame and serene by comparison. I’ve got about two weeks of Facebook experience on you, and yeah, it does throw an awful lot of stuff at you, and a lot of it is the apps they have for gifts and games and whatnot. I’m torn on that; some days I’m up for sending someone a virtual Star Wars figure, some days I’m just not. The same with notifications on what they’re doing with various online games; one day it’s a solid wall of mental clutter, but then every once in a while you see someone’s game status boldly proclaim that they have bought a fish, thereby enabling you to comment “Would you like to buy our extended warranty for your new fish?” and brighten their day (or at least make it more surreal). At this point, about two weeks in, I’ve tweaked my settings for how much notification I send out, and how much I receive, as much as I’m going to, and I’m just learning to parse and process it like I would background conversation in a real setting.

Now, if the argument was that 30+ couldn’t handle Myspace, I’d find it hard arguing with that. I’ve tried Myspace, but it’s so busy and cluttered and ADHD-inducing that I’m down to checking my inbox once a week. Facebook is tame and serene by comparison.

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