Facebook Groups
October 25th, 2007Back in gringolândia, I guess I’ll start speaking gringuês again. Man, I miss Brazil.
Tonight I went to Starbucks, where I was reading a book. I had a few conversations. But it’s sort of weird trying to start conversations with random people. Especially if they’re all face down in their laptops (and lattes).
Thing is, though, other people have to be thinking the same thing–”Why am I so damn popular on Facebook but have no one to talk to at Starbucks??”
Or something.
You know how Facebook groups mostly suck? They’re just like Orkut groups. Or Friendster groups. People go there to be identified, and then they’re like… uh, what now? Because being off-topic seems pretty retarded in a group that’s defined by having a ridiculously specific topic.
It makes a lot more sense to “be identified” with reference to a place that’s… you know… social.
What I’m getting at is, when I got home, I wished there was a Facebook group (or something) for that one particular Starbucks.
(Okay, mainly so I could have the huevos to message up that one girl with the German accent.)
Does anyone know what I’m trying to say? Why doesn’t every place in the world have a place online, that everyone knows about?