Most of the media might as well say ‘Congratulations on wasting your life perfecting a worthless skill.

The original tweet, by @lovemydogduck was: Most of the medals might as well say ‘Congratulations on wasting your life perfecting a worthless skill.

Hey, I did inform her that I was going to change one word. I left the quote open-ended, because Eve did in her tweet.

The whole social media, Internet, blogger, Facebook, G+, Pinterest, Twitter, eBook, GoodReads thing eludes my understanding. I get that we all want to share. Maybe that is enough. Maybe that is all the reward there ever need be. In that sense, posting and commenting and blogging is a slight improvement upon passively watching TV.

The cynic in me does not regard "page views" as "page reads," sees "comments" less as "feedback" and more as "networking." The loner in me sees a few messages that go viral when helped along initially by in-bred networked power players who gang-up to spew in military formation. The gambler in me sees the vast majority of messages posted languishing virtually unread unheard unacknowledged while we all continue to post and blog and comment and then keep checking our stats hoping for a big Lottery Win.

@hg47