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.
2 Comments
August 18, 2008 at 11:27 am
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.
August 18, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Probably b/c 1. Tumblr isn’t down as much and 2. it’s just cooler. :oP
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!!!
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