Last week, something really disturbing happened. I was online reading my Tumblr dashboard, usually the first place I hear all relevant news, when I came across yet another avatar builder. So I clicked and built it… didn’t think anything of it and went to bed.
By the very next day, like 4 of my coworkers’ Twitter icons contained their manga avatars. I mean I’ve seen things pop up overnight, but this is literally over-night.
Yes, congratulations to the company, if they’re able to sell their service/product outside of this fad (sorry but I am NOT paying to have a picture of my avatar printed… it’s not like I walk around with a profile of myself on the right menu bar at all times. – And no, I’m not linking to you either). But did they just take the exclusivity out of being early adopters? I mean I was like 12-16 hrs ahead at most. That really isn’t worth me having to sign up for yet another social media/networking/web2.0 account.
Poop.
Maybe I should get coffee first. Then this post might sound happier… whooooo…
FYI… hmmmm.
Lately, I’ve been noticing that Tumblr is beating Twitter to the punch for memes. It’s as if Tumblr is where memes are first noticed/started and then Twitter broadcasts it to the slightly larger web 2.0 microcosm.
Probably b/c 1. Tumblr isn’t down as much and 2. it’s just cooler.
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I’ve noticed that too actually. I like how Tumblr lets you know how many updates there are since you last refreshed the page. It’s also not as daunting b/c you don’t tend to follow thousands of people on Tumblr like you would on Twitter.
Can’t wait for frozen yogurts!!!