Sunday, 25 September 2011

My sad and lonely world of social media

I logged into Klout yesterday to stop the annoying e-mails they keep sending me and I was greeted with this message popping up in my face.



It's a travesty isn't it? But not to worry, as this message suggests I can make my score go up again by spending all the hours the Lord Himself sends mindlessly typing pointless pap into Twitter and Facebook in an attempt to regain my lost point.

Messages like this signify everything which is wrong with the online world (look they even said "1 points" instead of "1 point"). Why create a drama about something which is meaningless in real life? Does 99.999999% of the world's population even know what Klout is? I doubt it.

I suggest a re-wording of this message to "Oh no! Your Klout Score fell by 1 point, but never mind you could actually just get on with your real life instead and go and eat some cake or play with your children."

And then I got an e-mail yesterday from PostRank saying this:


It's just as well I can maintain a positive outlook on life isn't it? I'm telling you, some of this stuff could bring a weaker woman down.

I've no idea why I get these daily e-mails from PostRank, I need to go in and turn them off. But I'm scared of doing that now in case an even harsher message pops out at me mocking me for having plummeted on some make believe scoring system.

The world's a cruel place isn't it? You're never good enough it seems. Must try harder, must try harder. Or I could ignore my e-mail for a few days. That's a better option.

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