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Facebook in Real Life

11/27/2009 - 1:00 pm By Richard Darell
Facebook in Real Life

What a wonderful world social networking really is. We can hide behind whatever we want and the ways we connect is just growing by the day. Weird ways to connect just doesn’t seem to affect us at all. For example…Facebook’s “Poke”. What is that about?? I mean, alright you want someones attention and therefor poke them. But would you really do that in reality? Maybe if you knew the person really well but not if you don’t, right? Sometimes it feels like we’re inventing new ways to connect because otherwise we wouldn’t dear to.

For example, the new video commenting feature we have here at Bit Rebels now. Why are people so scared to use it? Well, it seems we like to hide behind our screen name and we pretty much do anything to keep it that way. So, the question really is if we will ever be able to evolve the way social networking is set up today. Social media today is all about connecting by text…really it is.

But, and that’s a big but…and not the one you might think of. What if Facebook’s features was for real. What if we actually did what we can do on Facebook without being embarrassed by the consequences. Well, that day will never come as we are all different and it will take a loooong time for it to change and for people to start thinking of it as the norm. However, if we could fast forward into the future where things really would be all about connecting through video commenting and/or even live through a short message service through video. What would it be like?

Until someone really put some braincells into this I guess we will just have to imagine it. But, there is someone who tried to visualize it and that’s “Idiots of Ants“. This is how Facebook would be in real life. Is this how we want it to be? I guess not…then why are we inventing features like “Poke” for example. Ha Ha. Enjoy!

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Author: Richard Darell

Known as a leader in social media, Richard shares his extensive knowledge of cutting edge design with designers and developers all over the world. Richard founded Bit Rebels in 2009, and currently the site welcomes over one million visitors each month. Minervity.com, another one of Richard's very successful sites, is known as the go-to place for design tutorials and information on the latest techniques. Richard's creativity has also led him to a very long and successful career in music as a song writer and producer for International artists. Richard hails from Stockholm, Sweden but also spends time in Los Angeles. Follow Richard on Twitter: @Minervity


11 Comments

DerSchneider

November 27th, 2009

Ok. I guess that video is the proof, why moving to another country faaaaaaaaaaar away from home can be really helpull. ;-) Nice Video you found there. Had a good time watching it.

And yes, it’s good to see what some online-behaviours we all have would look like in real-life.

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Richard Darell Reply:

Thanks buddy! :)

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Dan

December 11th, 2009

Check out this video too, also very funny
http://bit.ly/fbbitrbls

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XS143

April 4th, 2010

Loved the video! LOL for someone like me Facebook is great because i have friends all over the world so i can keep in touch see pics and stuff. I tend not to use all the applications you can get on Facebook, mainly because they are seriously irritating i want to know what people are upto, not read about their virtual farm.. :) I know for me as I am a bit shy in person except with people i know, FB and twitter enable me to be me more easily whereas a video comment, i wouldn’t comment as much with people I don’t know. Not because I don’t want people to know what I look like, but because talking is alot harder than typing with someone I don’t know. Plus I wouldn’t be able to sit here in my P.J’s waffling… :)

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