People post a lot on social networking sites like facebook
and twitter. Nowadays, they will check in on their location, tag a friend who
they are with, what they are doing and even what they’re going to eat.
But do we really need to believe everything that a friend
posts?
For example, a former agent of mine just posted recently
that he went out on an intimate date with a hot girl. Now, it’s not that I don’t
trust the guy but my argument is about his post. Why do you have to post
something like that? Can’t you just tell the story to your friends and talk
about it like normal people do? Do you want to be a topic in the next beer
episode where you will be the guy who gets to go out with the hot girl? Or do
you want to tell everybody that you can do it too?
I call this the trophy effect. It’s one way of saying “hey,
I did it” or “I’m one of the guys now”.
But riddle me this. Shouldn’t we be more afraid of that
certain someone who doesn’t post on facebook? On someone who doesn’t have much online
activities?
Those types of people have nothing to prove themselves because they
know they can do it and not count the deeds but rather laugh at the people who
do.
Remember, the greater the silence, the greater the mystery.
Just Sayin’
-Sheldon
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