Summer of Social Good

"You're in my Top 8!"

"Are you on Facebook?"

"Didn't you get my txt message?"

Twitter = mass txt messaging that can be searched

I'd rather randomly see someone from elementary school on the street than have them "find" me. I don't have text messaging on my phone and I enjoy how appalled people are that I don't. I tell them to just call me. How novel.

Call me jaded. Call me cynical. Tell me I take it all way too seriously. Whatever.

What's more interesting than my shattitude as a non-user, is the potential of the millions of people that do use these social networks. Take Mashable's Summer of Social Good, for instance. Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter benefiting the likes of The Humane Society, Oxfam, World Wildlife Fund, and Livestrong. The power of sharing meets the power of giving.

$3571 raised so far

63 days

1535 hours

92142 minutes

5528521 seconds till the end of summer

RT that!

"i forgot how much i like pickles!"

postscript: Steven Johnson wrote an amazing article in Time about Twitter. Read it. Almost made me want to create an account. Almost. :)