{"id":2940,"date":"2009-03-05T06:28:03","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T06:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2940"},"modified":"2009-03-05T06:28:03","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T06:28:03","slug":"2009-3-5-web-20-silliness-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2940","title":{"rendered":"Web 2.0 silliness"},"content":{"rendered":"
Unlike Hossam<\/a>, I am slightly skeptical about Web 2.0 social software technology. It’s true activists in Egypt and elsewhere have made good use of Twitter<\/a> and Jaiku<\/a> to update each other about demonstrations and such, but I can’t quite shake off the feeling that over time using these things too much reduces your brain to mush<\/a>. I’ve already given up on Facebook, never found Doppler very useful, haven’t used LinkedIn in months, and only keep up to date with Jaiku because Hossam forced it upon me, although I don’t really post myself (in any case it would be along the lines of “having sardine and toasted cheese sandwich LOL!” I’d rather spare people.)<\/p>\n

But yesterday someone registered a State Security<\/a> account on Twitter, and this morning I received this:<\/p>\n

Hi, arabist (arabist).<\/p>\n

Habib El-Adly (ElAdly) is now following your updates on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Check out Habib El-Adly’s profile here:
http:\/\/twitter.com\/ElAdly <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Habib al-Adly, of course, is Egypt’s interior minister.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags:
technology<\/a>, twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

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Unlike Hossam<\/a>, I am slightly skeptical about Web 2.0 social software technology. It’s true activists in Egypt and elsewhere have made good use of Twitter<\/a> and Jaiku<\/a> to update each other about demonstrations and such, but I can’t quite shake off the feeling that over time using these things too much reduces your brain to mush<\/a>. I’ve already given up on Facebook, never found Doppler very useful, haven’t used LinkedIn in months, and only keep up to date with Jaiku because Hossam forced it upon me, although I don’t really post myself (in any case it would be along the lines of “having sardine and toasted cheese sandwich LOL!” I’d rather spare people.)
\nBut yesterday someone registered a State Security<\/a> account on Twitter, and this morning I received this:<\/p>\n

Hi, arabist (arabist).
\nHabib El-Adly (ElAdly) is now following your updates on Twitter.
\nCheck out Habib El-Adly’s profile here:
\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/ElAdly <\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Habib al-Adly, of course, is Egypt’s interior minister.
\n<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags:
\ntechnology<\/a>, twitter<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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