Facebook & Things

I worry myself at times. I sign up to way too many websites for my own good. Seriously. In the past year I must have joined almost every popular site there is. Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, and also this one. What the hell is it about these sites that I, and other people, like so much? What is it that draws us in, makes us feel warm with its friendly interface and then gets us addicted with all its features to be discovered?

Its easy to understand why YouTube is so popular. It has a a simple concept: people can upload videos to the internet and they can watch other videos uploaded by other people. If you like a particular user's videos you subscribe. And then you think, oh this is good to have a few subscriptions. Then you see your subscription box is blank and go looking for other videos. You watch related videos, featured videos. Before you know it your subscriptions box will never be empty!

MySpace took off in America very early but I don't think it quite caught on as well here in the UK. Again it is a simple concept however with the HTML customization etc. some people are thrown off.

Step into Bebo which is a very simple site. It's now owned by AOL and has changed very much since the takeover but the same idea still remains there. You create a profile page, find friends, a cool skin, write a bit about yourself, write a blog post here and there. Search for videos, leave comments and Luv. Then they introduced the apps to try and copy Facebook. Facebook's apps are so much better.

Facebook... I don't really know much about this one. I'm new to it but already I fell like im becoming as addicted as I did with Bebo and Twitter.

Twitter is a very simple concept: post what you are doing in less that 140 characters. But its not just what you are doing. You can post links to YouTube videos, blogs, general internet stuff! And the fact that a lot of YouTubers use it is good for me, because I like to know a bit more about people outside their YouTube world. Celebrities use Twitter too. Like @StephenFry for example.

Blogger is self explanatory, although I struggle to find interesting things to write about. I might do an app review one day for Pocket God for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Or I might write about some crazy adventure I go on, if that should ever happen.

Well, by now I've realised what I have said might be a load of bollocks but oh well. And just for the record, I don't think I'm some sort of crazy guy who knows everything about all the latest websites because I'm not. I'm just one of the sheep who joins the latest craze. But I actually continue to use it after it dies so I'm a little bit of a different sheep. I keep on going when its not "cool".

Tbh, if you think I'm stupid because I use a particular site that is perfectly fine. I won't really care much because at the end of the day it comes down to this: I do things in life to please myself, not to please you, pal. So if you think I'm uncool because I use Twitter or have a YouTube account or use Facebook rather than Bebo I'm really not fussed because as I said, I'm not doing any of it to please you.

Goodnight people, or goodbye depending on the time of day/night.