May 18, 2009

  • When an Earthquake Hits

    When an Earthquake Hits...

    ...go under a desk or stand under a door frame. NOT! That is so 2008. Now, the first thing to do after an earthquake, or any emergency for that matter, is to update your Facebook/Twitter. Last night, there was a 4.7 earthquake here in Southern California and instantly, my Facebook/Twitter was flooded with "AHHH!! EARTHQUAKE!", "OMG EARTHQUAKE!", or some variant of it.

    It's crazy how attached we are to social networking. Speaking as a supporter and proponent of the Web 2.0 movement, I don't know why I'm so addicted. I've always been interested in reading people's statues. Even before FB/Twitter, I would always check the away messages and profiles of my AIM buddies. Maybe I'm just that nosey? Or maybe I'm just that bored all the time? Who knows. I know I'm not the only one, seeing how popular social networking is nowadays. You can really gauge how widespread a technology is people in their late 50's (like my dad), who is not very tech savvy, has a FB.

    Some people say this overuse of technology and social networking has caused people to be less social and impersonal. I strongly disagree. They are nothing more but another tool for us to socialize. There will always be newer technologies coming out that facilitates and revolutionizes the way we interact and socialize...from the telegraph, to snail mail, to the cell phone, to social networking, it'll never stop. And frankly, I'm more than excited to see what the next thing is.

    P.S. I'm disappointed in myself for not being the first person to update about the earthquake on my FB/Twitter list. Three people beat me to it. I must be quicker next time.

    P.S.S. I'm not a loser that's on FB/Twitter 24/7 waiting for a earthquake to hit so I can update about it. I just happened to be on my computer and on FB when the earthquake hit. What are the odds!?

Comments (14)

  • Someone outside my office was hit by a car. Randomly my co-worker googled "hit by a car" on our street and three different tweets came up about it only a minute after the fact.

    And we wonder why everyone is tweaking about swine flu...

  • I miss snail mail.

  • hahaha those were my thoughts last nite!!! im like errrr really??? shouldnt they be busy screaming and grabbing onto their precious belongings/loved ones?! LOLOL

    glad to see u made it through that tho!!! I remember we had a rare one growing up... we NEVER get earthquakes on the where i lives (NY)... and the first earth quake i've ever been in (and probably my last) was while i was PEEING!!!! -_- yeah FML! lol

    what's your twitter?! http://twitter.com/amyjade :) -- i'm a tweetaholic.. consider urself forewarned :)

  • Yeah! So true. Go networking sites. ^^ I love snail mails <3

  • @idashling - 

    me too

  • LOL. go twitter! btw, yours was the first twit update about the earthquake on my twitter. so i found out about it from you first. how exciting!

  • i feel like the next step is going to be video chat on all phones. i bet!

  • i know this sounds super whack and loserish but i am glad to shamelessly inform you that i RAN to my computer to update the FB world that there was an earthquake in Torrance.

    I guess i wanted to be the first to inform people. Updating on fb is like telling all of your friends and interacting with them even in midst of a natural disaster.

  • Maybe some folks like to be first to let the world know. As for me, I just want to get to a safe place first. And then I'll fume about not being the first to let the world know.

  • We've vowed to rebuild!
    http://careygly.xanga.com/702167584/the-great-quake-of-09/

  • That's soo true. But not a lot of my friends have twitters so I still tend to read AIM profiles.

  • death to twitter.

    thank you for subscribing :)

  • @grey_sea_days - 

    Thinking that too. Ooooh.

  • I've stopped using msn. One of the reasons is that I find myself staring at people's status too often. = And then I figure why the heck do I want to know what you're thinking/doing. That's still good. I don't like when people put lyrics on their status.

    Social networking. What's next? There are 3G phones. Sooner, I can see that they're going to have a 4D chatroom or something. A 3D/4D image of your friend sits right next to you. That way, we don't even need to move our butts which is no good.

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