This is all getting a little creepy isn't it? George Orwell is rolling laughing in his grave. Facebook announced Wednesday a new feature that will let your friends know where you are with your mobile device. Even if your sitting on the toilet at Starbucks.
Like Four Square, the new application called Facebook Places allows users to let others know your geographic location. Big deal. If we didn't need this before, why do we need it now?
Our take? We think this shit is stupid. Yes, stupid. We don't care how you spin this feature, it is evil and caters to the those that have no ounce of brain. It's a sign of a society that is floundering in self and prone to do stupid things for stimulation.
We can't understand why people feel it is so important to let others know where you are at all times. How is life better knowing that Tom is at the coffee shop drinking Starbucks while his friend Sally is a block away about to stalk him? Stupid Tom we say and all for what?
We are not against geolocation applications helping us get to places faster if we are lost. We are not against using longitude/latitude to know where we are. What we are against is telling virtual friends, strangers, and even public websites where we are at all times. There is nothing good about this sort of information. It is simply too invasive.
We realize that this is an opt-in feature. But lets use our brain here. If you crave attention and want people to stalk you 24 hours a day, be our guest. But for those who have an IQ greater than the norm, this is an idea that screams of police state societies.
We know why stupid people do stupid things like this. They are unnecessary and taken on by people who feel that they have to be popular by letting their friends know where they are located at all times. Who gives a shit if you are at the movies? Who cares if you on a vacation living it up in Vegas? Do you do this to make people jealous? To boast your own ego about who you are? Why do this to expose more about yourself and to be involved in some silly fad?
This stupidity is fueled by none other than our societal change to be popular in a celebrity like fashion. This delusional nature into thinking one is a rock star worthy of being followed and popularized in the ilk of a Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton is ridiculous. You are not more of a human being by prancing around town like a douche bag telling the world that you are faking at being places. You are not any much better pretending to be someone you aren't.
Get this through your thick skull:
You don't want to lose your privacy. You are not famous.
The faster you learn this lesson, the better off you will be and not get hung up on little social meaningless fads.
Rant over.
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I have to admit I tried
I have to admit I tried Foursquare. It was fun at first but then got old quick. Being a mayor of something is pretty weak. And you're right, letting people know where you are is not very smart. I enjoy my privacy.
The risk is, getting too hooked on it to forget that you are letting others know where you are when you told them you were staying home or don't really want to hang with them. Sometimes I slipped up and paid for it - it was embarrassing.