Now that I’ve quit facebook I feel like I'm talking about it more than ever. All of my friends, and friends of friends have been reaching out to suggest ideas and share their thoughts, and I love it! Last night, while having dinner at Maialino (which was delicious and I highly recommend trying the raviolo), my friend Lindsi mentioned her disdain for Mobile Uploads. OMG! What a great topic for my blog, I thought. So let's explore the mobile upload for a bit, shall we?
You’re at the Lady Gaga concert, she’s rocking out in a flashy one piece and sporting an eccentric hairdo and you need to take as many pictures as you can to capture the awesomeness that is occurring on stage right now. Like most of our generation you are taking pictures from your phone because your camera doesn’t fit in your evening bag, which contains only the essentials (cell phone, keys, wallet and lip gloss). You feverishly snap away on your Blackberry and suddenly an idea pops into your head, “Why don’t I send these directly to facebook right now?” And that’s where you lose me.
Tell me why in the peak of your excitement you want to spend even a minute uploading your pictures to Facebook? Does a blurry picture of Lady Gaga's leotard really need to appear on you best friend’s younger brother’s news feed? He’s probably happy for you, but he’s definitely not wasting his time checking out your fuzzy picture, he’s got a G.I Joes and Army Hos mixer to attend to. Or, how about your co-worker who you’ve complained to all week about having no money and having to eat Boca Burgers until your next direct deposit? As she’s shoveling spoonful after spoonful of Chunky Monkey into her mouth at 11:36 PM and your concert picture pops onto her screen I can imagine that she most likely resents you right now.
The point is, think before you click. I’m sure intoxication is a factor in your hasty decision to mobile upload sometimes, but that’s no excuse. We've learned long ago in our very first relationship, just because your drunk that does not make it OK! That's all for now, and special thanks to Adam for helping with the title of today's post.
