In preparation of getting Project 52 underway, I have decided that it’s time to trim the fat both literal and in the digital sense. The focus of my Project 52 posts will be geared at weight loss, and I want to use multiple digital tools to help me keep track, stay focused, and accomplish my goal in style. I want to use social media as an accountability tool as well. But with so many networks that I’m apart of, I find that there are a many networks that are just a little long in the tooth. So as of tonight,
In preparation of getting Project 52 underway, I have decided that it’s time to trim the fat both literal and in the digital sense. The focus of my Project 52 posts will be geared at weight loss, and I want to use multiple digital tools to help me keep track, stay focused, and accomplish my goal in style. I want to use social media as an accountability tool as well. But with so many networks that I’m apart of, I find that there are a many networks that are just a little long in the tooth. So as of tonight, I have killed:
Myspace: I’m sorry, but you’ve become a parody of yourself, ad covered, facebook clone. Your dashboard is horrible, your ad placement is horrendous, and I want to cry/rip my eyes out when I see a Myspace Glitter Background that takes 2 minutes and 34 seconds to load before you actually get to the content of a page. Why allow that. It’s annoying and that’s why you’re finding yourself abandoned, broken, and alone on New Years Eve. Cheers to being smart enough to get sold for a bergillion dollars a few years back.
But seriously, when you have “I’m bored with Myspace” and “I’m getting too much spam…” as your first two options for cancellations, I think the writing is on the wall, no?
FriendFeed: I’m sorry, but you’re ugly and your mother dresses you funny. And to boot, you have people reposting the same content up to 3 times on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, and a probably a few other obscure networks. What bothers me about Friendfeed the most is, it’s not intuitive, and it’s most networks are getting into the syndication arena on their own, rendering friendfeed obsolete. Plus Ping.fm does a far better job and the redundancy.
So, this is just the start, but it feels good to be released from these two who have been collecting dust. There’s one other one that is on the death watch for me (I’m looking at you Plaxo).
