Disagreeing
with Seth Godin probably isn't a smart career move, but I've had the "accidental
career" anyway. His recent blog post equating Twitter with high school is
certainly humorous, but he's one social network off. Undoubtedly, Facebook most
resembles high school.
Firstly,
who "won" in high school? No one, not even the Duck (R.I.P. John Hughes).
Never-ending
drama: High school? Check. Twitter? Not so much. Facebook? Looking up old
classmates to see who has gained weight, has a receding hairline, married the
class clown, is saddled with five kids in some flyover state, etc.
Worrying
about what irrelevant people think: High school? Check. Twitter? Not so much.
Facebook? The fan pages, the what <fill in the blank> are you most like "quizzes,"
the Fives, the polls, the RSVPs.
