Social networking sites were originally intended for people to get in touch with each other seamlessly on the internet to inform one another of plans, events, that they are in town, what have you. In recent years however, it appears these sites are no longer simply used to substitute a couple phone calls but have conquered all other forms of human communication entirely.
I use Facebook on occasion to check up on friends from home and see if I have been invited to any events. That's about it and that is about as far as it was originally intended to take. I know far too many people that spend all day clicking the refresh button in hopes that some one has responded to their mindless dribble. Just call the person up! Or better yet meet up in person like people used to do before we discovered the internet!
Don't even get me started on Twitter. I honestly don't care when you do your laundry or how hard you're going to fail your exam. Twitter just wastes bandwidth. In short, these social networking sites are good for something... people just don't know when to stop. I believe this clever flash movie sums up my argument quite well: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/498203
WARNING: Video has some dirty language in case anyone cares.
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