I know it’s a bit weird to use a blog to announce that I am using another form of social media but having signed up to Facebook last year solely to keep track of my nephew in Russia, his wife, his child and his band, I decided to try it properly, just to see how it works, so have been poking people. Hey, I’ve got 21 friends already!
At least I’ve met them all, which is more than you can say about your internet “friends”. It’s been mildly interesting watching the process – currently Kelly Ana Morey, one of my favourite NZ novelists, and PaulLitterick, one of my favourite NZ architectural historians, are having a conversation and I think, oh get a room. Is this what Facebook is all about?
In other social media news, if you didn’t know this already, there are many Twitter accounts purporting to be from the Incredible Hulk. For example:
Drunk Hulk: CAREFUL HOW NAME YOU CHILD! MONTANA LAST NAME GET HER DISNEY SHOW! MONTANA FIRST NAME GET HER PORN CAREER! MORE YOU KNOW!
Lit-Crit Hulk: HULK SMASH TREND OF HIP NOVELISTS WRITE ‘LINKED’ SHORT STORIES AND CALL IT NOVEL. YOU WANT WRITE SHORT STORIES, FINE. IT NOT A FUCKING NOVEL
Naturally, my favourite is Editor Hulk: HULK LIKE OXFORD COMMA VERY MUCH. HULK WANT TO DATE, BUT OXFORD COMMA ONLY GO OUT IN GROUPS OF THREE OR MORE.
WHEN AUTHOR SAY CHARACTER LAID ON BED, HULK WONDER WHAT CHARACTER LAID. EGGS?
HULK SUGGEST GET FRIENDS TO PROOFREAD WORK BEFORE SUBMIT. MAKE SURE FRIENDS NOT MIND FIRST. HARD TO SIGN CONTRACT WHEN BURIED IN BACKYARD.
Monitor: Kottke.org
2 comments:
The new Facebook design looks oddly like the one from a couple of years ago. (i.e. Before I quit it.)
BIQI could come in handy.
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