I, along with Jared, would like to profusely apologize for all the random posts out of nowhere. I have been on vacation in Hawaii like a 1 Percent muthafucka! I will be home on the 24th and by then I hope to return back to the regular posting times. Also expect a few grammatical errors in this next story. Usually my more serious story's are without editing. I don't care how many views I get, I just enjoy having my thoughts heard my the two or three people that continue to read it.
It was recently my birthday and I don't mean to be an attention whore, but I had a dramatic drop in my "Happy Birthday" posts on Facebook. I think it may have been because of some “controversial” and “offensive” stories that I wrote. As you all know Facebook is a social networking system that 99% of the time fails us. Be it grammar or conserving the innocence of 12 year old girls, Facebook is terrible. I hate the constant posts that go a little something like this "Wit ma bitchez #WhoringAround #YOLO #HotGirlsHaveProblemsToo" If you ever see this, it's probably from a 12 year old girl who needs attention. She probably has a bunch of stupid quotes that are about her "troubled life". She may constantly talk about the love that she lost and how she will never love the same way again. However, Facebook pulled through and helped a country to spread ideas about change in the government. The one time that Facebook came through was with the recent activity in Egypt. The peoples ability to get their ideas out about the government was what slightly aided them to end Gadhafi's reign. It also started a new fad used constantly by a certain British Kid who will go unnamed. What I am trying to get across, is that Social Networking systems can be used for good. If people decided to post about a meaningful topic more often, then maybe we could get farther in society. Besides posts about #YOLO and Gadhafi, there is also the dreaded birthday posts. You know what I am talking about. But what I find interesting, is the decision for someone to write, “hb” or “Happy Birthday”. What does it show about the relationship between you and said poster. Allow me to digress. No matter what your social status is, who you are, or what you enjoy, you will get notifications about your birthday from everyone. Their may be one difference you notice when scrolling through all of them however. Some closer friends write happy birthday and maybe even a short message. Others, however, write, “hb”Just in case you were wondering, “hb” means happy birthday. This to me shows the overall laziness and dislike for the birthday kids wall. If you don’t like the person whose birthday it is, then don’t post. They don’t care, and they probably don’t like you either. Personally, when I see, “hb” written on my wall, I feel offended. I can tell that this person doesn’t like me. So if you don’t like the person, don’t write, “hb”. I, and a couple other’s I hope, would sooner have 20 nice notifications of relatives and close friends then 400 notifications of people I/We don’t know. So think before you post. Is it really worth writing, “hb”? Know that the person won’t feel any better or satisfied that they received a post from you. Nobody wants to spend their time on Facebook, leafing through random bullshit trying to find notes from relatives or a best friend. This isn’t my subtle way of telling the world to not post on my wall. I don’t care if they keep posting on my wall or if they stop. I just want them to know that it is pointless and on occasion offensive. Once again, I apologize for the random posting days. Jared and I will make sure to go back to the normal posting routine once I get home. But please stop posting messages that nobody wants. It is annoying and I am surely not the only one who feels offended or pissed off at the people who write, “hb”. -Jack
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Jack OgilvieJack Ogilvie is 16 years old. He enjoys writing about Anarchy and occasionally gives into the angst of a cynical high school student, so a willing to receive criticism audience is needed. Archives
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