Google+ seems officially to have broken some kind of logic rule in my psyche. Signing up meant I was on three social networks (four if you count LinkedIn)—a realisation that finally made my brain explode.
Since then, I've essentially stopped caring about anything social-network-related. Yeah, so this should be a tool for networking and ... is that a rabbit? No, wait—I think it's a hare.
Oh, so as I was saying, I can, you know, like share my stuff with followers who, when you get right down to it, are supposedly people who are actually engaged and give a shit about ... oh, by the way, I have this great Edward Gorey card sitting on my desk. Sorry, I'm trying to focus. But Gorey is one cool illustrator. And really, this card just seems more important right now.
In fact, everything seems more important.
I think that's the point here. One too many social networks and you start to think, who really cares? What does this matter? These are just the same people talking the same shit (only some of it interesting or funny) in different places. I think those places and people are, in combination, called the Social Web. And it's getting kind of boring.
It's all just the same. And in the end, none of it matters.
What matters is Edward Gorey and the hare.
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