One Million for Obama on Facebook

Well, it seems that Generation Y is flexing their electoral power with the news that there are over one million supporters of Barack Obama on Facebook. The news may not seem terribly startling when you realize there are 80 million users of Facebook. Still, when you compare the 1,002,438 supporters of Obama with McCain’s 146, 808 supporters - the generational gap between the candidates and the voters becomes painfully obvious.

Upon hearing this news a friend of mine joked that when McCain was told about the one million plus supporters of Obama’s Facebook Group he said, “Wait, what is Facebook?”

Sadly, this is sort of improvisational quote could be true.

It’s not me, it’s your face… (book)

By Pyecraft

Admittedly I am a fan of Facebook. I still prefer it to Myspace. Even so, it is very hard to side with all of the silliness that has been added to it in the past year. It’s a lot like watching a celebrity fall apart, because at one point you could have said that Facebook was simple, beautiful and worth one’s time. It reminded us of our salad days in college. But alas today, the thrill of “poking” is fading away and it is becoming painfully amusing to see how badly things are transpiring for our old friend, the FB.

A Metaphorical Study:

Exhibit A
Clean, ‘pure’ Britney
Filthy, used Britney

Exhibit B
Clean, pure Facebook
Filthy, used Facebook

Additionally, the video below sums up the absurd add-ons and apps that have turned college students’ favorite ’soc net’ into EVERYONE’S favorite ’suck net.’

Get Off My Turf

According to the New York Times, chicks rule - the Internet. It seems that young ladies these days are taking over cyberspace as the best place for creative expression and a new way to gage popularity. I was a little irked that the article appeared in the Style section, not the Technology section of the Times and also glittered with stereotypical statements such as:

“The girls include bloggers who pontificate on timeless teenage matters such as “evil teachers” and being “grounded for life,” to would-be Martha Stewarts — entrepreneurs whose online pursuits generate more money than a summer’s worth of baby-sitting.”

I would hope that the New York Times can think of a few other things that teenage girls might be interested beyond cupcakes and zits - but alas, they failed to notice the activist campaigns, volunteerism and faith based initiatives that many young females are also amused by.

Politics aside, when I asked whether this idea would move beyond the years of high school self-infatuation and lead to more fulfilling careers as Internet Geekettes, I got this lovely little image in my email box. An amazing (and frightening) graphic created by Straight Frommy Brain:

SO THE QUESTION OF THE DAY IS: What will your Facebook status be when you’re 93?