There I was about to update my wonderful social networking page, (Farceback) I click on the "update status" bit, the whole screen goes translucent white.
First thought: Bugger! What have I done now?
Second thought: Who's watching?
Then the offer to let everyone know where I am appears on the screen, well, dear reader, you know where I am, I'm on the good ship S.S. Dodgy Sausage mincing around in the south China sea, as for pals on Farceback? Do they have any wish to know where I am? (I assure you dear reader, that when they ask me where I am, I will let them know).
Why are they changing things around? Just as I get used to it one way round, they shift things on me, I am (as many) a creature of habit.
OK if you really want to help, let me customise the settings to my own wants & foibles, how about adding a "Don't give a toss" button along side the "Like" one. Or a warning flag that I can paste onto peoples comments if they put "lol" at the end of their sentences? (three strikes and you're out).
Why does the right hand column now include people who are offline? I didn't ask it to, and I can't see a truly good reason for it. Was it put there to appease mediums?
Again, my life is being steered by people assuming that what they want is what the majority wants, just because most people will not complain, this does not indicate approval, more likely it would indicate that the apathy gland has kicked in and the futility of protesting against arbitrary decisions made on our behalf by faceless corporations has finally settled onto us and we are now resigned to die in their control.
A bleak prospect if ever I put one to page, but how true is it, I can't believe that Monkeysort has managed to corner the market, with a surprisingly shit product, Apple, produce a good product but manage to bend the user so far over a barrel on the price that they have their derrière exposed to all comers, take a product such as Linux, ultimately adaptable, more secure than William Garden-Portal's product, less prone to crashing and surprisingly it costeth NOTHING as do most of the programs written for it, yet its adoption rate is low.
Ah well, I will just continue with my Farceback until another rival product arrives and betters it, and I will be as the butterfly, flitting from flower to flour.
First thought: Bugger! What have I done now?
Second thought: Who's watching?
Then the offer to let everyone know where I am appears on the screen, well, dear reader, you know where I am, I'm on the good ship S.S. Dodgy Sausage mincing around in the south China sea, as for pals on Farceback? Do they have any wish to know where I am? (I assure you dear reader, that when they ask me where I am, I will let them know).
Why are they changing things around? Just as I get used to it one way round, they shift things on me, I am (as many) a creature of habit.
OK if you really want to help, let me customise the settings to my own wants & foibles, how about adding a "Don't give a toss" button along side the "Like" one. Or a warning flag that I can paste onto peoples comments if they put "lol" at the end of their sentences? (three strikes and you're out).
Why does the right hand column now include people who are offline? I didn't ask it to, and I can't see a truly good reason for it. Was it put there to appease mediums?
Again, my life is being steered by people assuming that what they want is what the majority wants, just because most people will not complain, this does not indicate approval, more likely it would indicate that the apathy gland has kicked in and the futility of protesting against arbitrary decisions made on our behalf by faceless corporations has finally settled onto us and we are now resigned to die in their control.
A bleak prospect if ever I put one to page, but how true is it, I can't believe that Monkeysort has managed to corner the market, with a surprisingly shit product, Apple, produce a good product but manage to bend the user so far over a barrel on the price that they have their derrière exposed to all comers, take a product such as Linux, ultimately adaptable, more secure than William Garden-Portal's product, less prone to crashing and surprisingly it costeth NOTHING as do most of the programs written for it, yet its adoption rate is low.
Ah well, I will just continue with my Farceback until another rival product arrives and betters it, and I will be as the butterfly, flitting from flower to flour.
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