Look at MySpace.com. When I was 16 years old, it was all I could think about, all anyone could talk about, and the life centerpiece of everyone around me.
Now, Myspace is just a blackhole of internet space that keeps trying to open up.
Sorry Myspace, but there are 30 million more social media sites that are doing new things, and 30 million sites ahead of them that haven't even been dreamed of yet.
You'd think people would be shaken up by the new concepts that get introduced over these years, months, even days. But technology is never-ending. I get sucked in every time I hear about something new.
Now, just like most, I don't really like change. But I'm forced to take whatever life throws at me and that includes social media.
With the world going mobile (Thank you Insta.), new video apps are being introduced and they come with their own sets of rules and attitudes.
Most recently, I've adapted to this SnapChat phase. It's a cool little app that sends mutual users videos and pictures. The catch is: the messages disappear forever into the internet world after 10 seconds.
I know, I know. It makes no sense; that's what I said after the first day. But now that I've sent more and more Snaps, I'm understanding the culture of it and who, when, why, and how to use it. Yet, I still have a lot to learn. For starters, I just learned that you can send one message to more than one person at a time.
What's the point of it you ask? That's the thing. It's something only YOU can understand. You make it your own. Just like music, TV, and everything else that requires an opinion, you just have to try it to find out.
Signing up and adapting to a new social network is almost like getting a new job or hobby. Oh hey 2013.
We can only love it and live it. And send spur of the moment videos with scribbles on them.
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