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Pity the social network rookies

Written by Trixy 145 from the blog Blooming Bloem on 31 May 2010
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I thorough enjoy my life the way that it is. It's comfortable but without beening over indulgent. I have a foot spa, DSTV, electric blanket but I don't have a vacuum cleaner, my broom works just well, or Blueray,  DVD never let me down, or a blender, I've haven't had the urge to drink my food through a straw. So you see I'm pretty well balanced, everthing I don't have is everthing I don't need therefore can do without.  
I've always tried to be technologically advanced but I'm finding harder and harder to keep up.There is always a new something that does this better than that.  Like for instance, social networks have become a technology on their own, complete with their own jargon. Decoding 'friends' updates has become a matter of  self doubt and a platform to recognise socio-technical ineptitude. If you don't know what SMH, TRT or l8terbgd mean, well I don't blame you,neither do I. 

Besides the fact that we made that pimply, Harvard undergrad twerp a multi- billionaire, Mark Zuckerbergs' creation is intrinsically flawed. Still not sure how but I guess thats the allure of it all, think Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden tapping each other! Facebook has become  a podium for the shallow, depraved and emotionally bankrupt with imaginary ' haters'. We'll call them what they are, Attention seeks,let's give them an ancromyn so' we can talk behind their backs: As's. The As's you see are the worst of the bunch accounting for over 69.99% of Facebook. His/ her profile goes from it's complicated to I'm married in 1h48min. Names their albums ' Random sessions', fills ur wallls with ridiculus tags and requests. It's this clique that utilise Facebook to it's best but actually shouldn't be allowed on social networks altogether, there status updates are not for the faint hearted. The kick is gone but we still log on, I guess I'll just have deal with it. The As's are everywhere but let's be grateful Zuma won't be giving us a status update!




24 Comments

carino
01 Jun 2010 01:06

SistaBB
01 Jun 2010 01:31

Sana Lwam
01 Jun 2010 11:21

I came running to this article and I find this! Nxa

u4me
01 Jun 2010 11:35

siessssssssssss

myname
01 Jun 2010 11:39

LOL SL

Sslave
01 Jun 2010 11:39

he banna!! re tlogele

Nokia 5110
01 Jun 2010 11:43

What is this ?  Ufuna ukuthini ? Mina i'm lost .

Pooky
01 Jun 2010 11:44

im so confused after reading this...ukhuluma ngani?

cleve
01 Jun 2010 11:49

No more like what is the point sis, what do you want us to dicuss.

mhantu
01 Jun 2010 12:26

no guys, lets not be quick to comment...i think  the artcle is still to be continued

Green.arrow
01 Jun 2010 12:31

aowi...
The comments di a ntlaba coz i actually read the article and it was...readable.

I disagree though Trixy...the undertone of the article isnt very pleasant.

Whatever you may think of the people who are on facebook and what they do and how they do it..(the As's as you call them,) its not okay to judge them. Ignore them if you cant entertain them there are others who can relate with what they do and say.
Its like the tendency of judging people based on the kind of shows they watch. Not cool.

Besides the fact that we made that pimply, Harvard undergrad twerp a multi- billionaire, Mark Zuckerbergs' creation is intrinsically flawed
pimply....undergrad twerp you say...lol
I have some respect for this dude. Everyone who is able to come up with some interlectual creation of sort i respect .....we need active imaginations in this world....he deserves tocash in, he is not the first nor will he be the last. And we can also do the same if we exploited opportunities like he did.

The creation is intrinsically flwad indeed ...from a technical point of view yes as are many creations in the cyber world etc. But the world is flawed worse. If there is anything wrong with the As's...its the world that needs to be scrutinised, not social networks. 
etc etc etc....

mathata
01 Jun 2010 12:50

m.............

KeleFabulous
01 Jun 2010 12:55

me sees alot of projection here...

carino
01 Jun 2010 12:57

Anybody care for a recap??

decoupage
01 Jun 2010 13:03

This article would have worked if you had just kept it simple. Instead you got caught up in trying to use big words and phrasing that actually killed what is actual a valid point you raising. Next time don't get too excited about the language and let the topic lead your article.

Green.arrow
01 Jun 2010 13:06

me sees alot of projection here... i see that as well. But ill give it trixxy a break here because most blogs are about just that..well some ask for fellow blogger's opinions after vthat ofcourse.

Recap?
hai thats a tough one carino, gape Trixy o ngwala sekgoa se sethata, and she throws in some pretty tricky metaphors in there as well. I wouldnt wanna put my second language neck on the line like that....especially if ke steba tvsa gabotse.
But i think some points are pretty clear ...unless im missing it that much..lol

Best-Achiever
01 Jun 2010 13:17

me sees alot of projection here...

Anybody care for a recap??

This article would have worked if you had just kept it simple. Instead you got caught up in trying to use big words and phrasing that actually killed what is actual a valid point you raising. Next time don't get too excited about the language and let the topic lead your article. 

kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa 

SEKGOA, let me phone MRS Ngcobo and aks my refund for English ....

ke mathata fela mo

decoupage
01 Jun 2010 13:25

I have to say. I love the effort made by the writer of this article even though it comes across as if she is trying too hard to prove that she is smarter than the facebook people she lashes at. I am even more impressed by the standard of writing on tvsa this days. Hence I even registered to start commenting. Clearly the standard has been raised and bloggers will not tolerate mediocre. Wonderful.

pele
01 Jun 2010 13:26

eish i think my R50 per year education was not meant for me to reply on blogs like this one.

BUT  i think Trixy is toyi-toying on the wrong forum, if your friends on facebook dont comment on your satusse's dont come throw a tantrum on the innocent TVSA bloggers please. I feel you are overbearing individual for my liking Trixxy will never add you as a friend on FB yhu!!!

carino
01 Jun 2010 13:39

Nna all need is someone to summarise what the writer is saying.
I didnt read a word.. I just clicked reply to bring it to the forefront, coz it was hidden.

The first thing I saw was...

I thorough enjoy my life the way that it is. It's comfortable but without beening over indulgent. I have a foot spa,

myname
01 Jun 2010 13:54

LOL to Trixy I just read ur article & i think it's funny.

MaWiNiZa
01 Jun 2010 14:07

me too myname

Sips
01 Jun 2010 14:10

I love the effort made by the writer of this article even though it comes across as if she is trying too hard to prove that she is smarter than the facebook people she lashes at 

This article would have worked if you had just kept it simple. Instead you got caught up in trying to use big words and phrasing that actually killed what is actual a valid point you raising. Next time don't get too excited about the language and let the topic lead your article.

i think Trixy is toyi-toying on the wrong forum, if your friends on facebook dont comment on your satusse's dont come throw a tantrum on the innocent TVSA bloggers please

kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwa 

Karabz
28 Jul 2010 17:00

lol, go Trixy "145"... I thought you'd say something about bloem, I've once read an article on a daily newspaper with the same heading you've used. LMAO!


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