Call me anti-social, but I was never really one to jump on bandwagon when it comes to creating accounts on just about any online communities there are. Haha…That was then.  But now it seems as if there’s just no stopping social media, and so here I am blogging on whatever comes to mind. 

Today the number of friends I have in Facebook has surpassed the number of friends I have in Friendster…Call it some bad omen or what…But I honestly see this as just one of the many signs that Friendster will eventually flop or be left out with users who are hmm…let’s just say of a different profile.  Upon visiting the homepage you really don’t feel like logging in anymore, because the feel is just bad and the look mighty cheap when compared to Facebook (the homepage of which at least looks a bit sleeker…somehow…probably it’s the different shades of blue…)…Also, the name Friendster just sounds so….soooo…juvenile I guess.  Perhaps that is one of the reasons why it has not really caught on that much with social sites like MySpace or Facebook.  While I am not cutting my account off yet, I guess I could say for sure that the action will now shift to other platforms. Friendster just doesn’t cut it for me anymore.  Could it ever be revived?  Could we see a more engaging Friendster in the future?

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By the way, I unsubscribed to this community called ‘Tagged’…it’s creepy man.  Users get to play a game called ‘Yes’ where you somehow get matched up with different kinds of people.  I seriously feel that this is for the bored and low-down cheapos.  Also, you get these annoying emails from them every time someone clicks a ‘Yes’ on you.  I only got into it because a friend of mine invited me to.   But ya, if you can’t take it, then you’ve just got to leave it.

I have always wanted to write on just about anything…nowadays though, I find myself fascinated with things related to marketing and travel and tourism.  Time (or perhaps laziness) was always the culprit whenever I wanted to start a blog (it was a journal way back then) but then decide to postpone doing so on the next day, and the next…and the next…you know the drill.  So I consider it a great achievement to have started ’saksak-sinagol’…The blog will contain the most random of thoughts…but I will try to keep a focus on the things that interest me most. 

I guess I credit my interest in writing to my family and my cousins as well, who have long prodded me to start my own site.  The tipping point though would have to be my current internship, where I dabble on anything relating to social media.  What a new world it is–young and dynamic and holding so much potential! My current work has exposed me to the blogosphere, and having read one too many interesting posts, I wouldn’t want to be left behind the ‘phenomenon’.

So here goes…