Kutcher v. CNN

Another new technology, that is just what we need. First it was Facebook, then MySpace, and now Twitter. All greats to electronically communicate, but what ever happened to traditional communications. One of two things are happening, everyone is becoming a write and social face-to-face communication is declining. But obviously, this Twitter thing is a hit-recent member, Oprah! Last night at 2:13 a.m. Ashton Kutcher got over 1 million tweets! Wooohoooo! According to CNN Kutcher and CNN had a deal that Kutcher would donate over 10,000 mosquito bed nets if he beat CNN and 1,000 if he did not, fortunately he did. I have heard so much about Twitter and can be honest, do not know much about it, but if the Web site will be used for more causes as this, I am all for it! If these Web sites could be more for good causes rather than just for communication, I believe they could be held much more credible and useful. Right now, people use Facebook simply for communicating, whatever happened to calling your friend or running over to their house and talking to them. Why not starting a group of Facebook and taking donations for a good cause? There are so many possibilities with sites like this, especially because they reach such a vast amount of people. The capabilities are amazing-it even got the current President in office.
Many may think I am a hypocrit for talking trash about social networking especially as I am blogging and am currently a member of Facebook. But Facebook is no source of communication for me, a hi here and hi there that is it. Social networking sites could be so useful. For example, I recently posted a blog about how irritating Charter Communication can be. A few days later, the manager out of Missouri wrote me back apologizing for bad service. He has also been e-mailing to fix the situation and to be honest with you, it gave me a whole new perspective of the business. So I will not say there are no good things that come out of networks such as these, but I do believe that they should be used more for changing the world and less for personal communication.