Reruns, part one

(Originally posted August 12 2009)

What became of it

When Internet had it's big breakthrough of becoming mainstream in the mid 90's or so we were all lured here for different reasons, information, politics, nudity, communication, whatever. But what has the 21st century done with this goldrush? The focus has shifted to the users. It's all about US. (Or as I'd like to think ME, ME, ME)

You don't have to write well to be something big online. You don't have to tell the story about your trip. A fast update on Twitter such as "I'm on a train" is enough. A waterout of language if you wish. The focus on text was an issue when I was in high school and we were getting some rather basic information about how to use the Internet. It was discrimiating to those who didn't read an/or write well.

Well that has been taken care of for sure! There's no room for any length it seems. It's all statusmessages and small updates, you don't really learn much of anything, do you? I would have thought these short messages would have become way more popular earlier on when we paid by the minute for the time we spent online. Well, maybe that still holds as a lot of people seem to twitter and facebook through the browser on their phones.

But who are we kidding, really? WIth the endless possibilites of a masscommunication tool we are stuck updating people about sitting on a train, having breakfast, or going to the cornerstore for milk. Does anyone care? I don't. I don't care about different things online than I do offline. If you don't have anything of weight to tell me I don't want to hear it.

We upload videos of ourselves to YouTube and update strangers on our bathroom habits. I'm ashamed. I do it too. I want to be noticed in a medium everyone has access to. (Not everyone, but you know what I mean) I want to be heard, embraced and accepted. Though I'm fighting the same issues here as I do offline. My thoughts are too swirly, I prefer to call it trail of thoughts rather than a train of thoughts as a trail can lead you anywhere but a train has a set destination. Can you tell I just read an update about someone being on a train?

I like reading wellwritten posts that get my head going. So much for being an intellectual snob huh? If I can't be a snob where we had endless possibilites I might have to reinvent myself, so here we go.

What are you doing right now?
Waiting