• If Twitter says I can communicate with only 140 characters, why are more than 3,000,000 characters communicating?

• If it’s MySpace, why don’t I get part of MyAdRevenue?

• How long do you have to tumble to become a Tumblr?

• If LinkedIn has technical problems, does that make me “off the chain?”

• If I don’t follow Oprah on Twitter, does that make me a sinner?

• Can I tow my YouTube behind my boat?

• I claim the TV room as MySpace!

• If I’m not found on Mashable, am I unmashable?

• If Ashton Kutcher avoids the Paparazi why does he want so many people following him on Twitter?

• Can I Twitter around MySpace before I find a good place to read my Facebook?

• If my video gets leaked on YouTube does GoodYear have a patch I can use?

• Why do I need LinkedIn if I already know the person?

• Shouldn’t Facebook be called NonFaceTime?

• FriendFeed? My friends eat half my refrigerator already!

• Is is possible to Twitter to the Choir?

• Ecademy? Isn’t that the movie with all the goofy police officers?

• MySpace, I’ve been there, its like Times Square right?

• Can I Twitter high enough to get my BrightKite untangled?

• If I Google my own name, is that Googlebation?

• No I don’t Flickr! For one I don’t pick my nose and two I’d use a tissue!

• If Twitter is “follow for follow,” is that like the blind leading the blind?

• Do I need a pump for my YouTube?

• In MySpace no one can hear you Twitter.

• How long would my YouTube air last in MySpace?

• How come the networking guru’s don’t have as many followers as me?

• Does my boss give a twit if I Tweet?

• My BrighKite string broke and it flew into MySpace.

• I over Tweet so now I’m on Tweet ‘n Low.

• Yeah I’ve been FaceBook’d. I told the police I wasn’t anywhere near the crime scene!

• Blogging, isn’t that what the CIA does to Terrorists to get information?

• Does my Amazon book ranking affect my social networking score?

…that’s all folks! fer now.

The Monster Must Be Fed!

Here is a free pdf with a satirical description of some popular social networking sites and how to deal with them. Feel free to download it and pass it around if you feel it has value to others.

TheMonsterMustBeFed

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We all do it (well except for the English Majors and the self appointed Grammar Police), the dreaded double mark. Where we are asking a question but also exclaiming at the same time. It looks like this:

You want me to do what?!

or

You want me to do what!?

or

You want me to do what??

As the internet age becomes more pronounced in the English language (think BFF or OMG) and now with the popularity of Twitter and the allowance of only 140 character spaces to get your point across, a single space can mean a lot. Think also of the other sites where your status update space is limited as well. I think many people really don’t want to break the rule of only using an exclamation mark or only using a single question mark or even using them together, but they need to emphasize in writing their verbal intonations. The Queslamation Mark does that.

I propose font makers create the character for use as a main character and that computer makers, operating system makers, keyboard makers, mobile phone makers, etc. put the Queslamation Mark as a main character on the keyboard. For the English market I suggest putting it in the upper left in place of the Accent mark (see circled in red. keyboard image below). The current and likely future of the written English language won’t use the Accent mark as it did in the past.

I propose that the Queslamation Mark not involve holding down the shift key or any combination of keys in order to type the mark into an email, Twitter, status update, Word document, design program or wherever you do typing.

Here’s what I need from you:

1) Grass roots level support. Contact Apple (click the corporate PR profiles), Microsoft (click the general inquiries), Dell, Motorola, LG, AT&T, even Amazon’s Kindle needs one -and whoever else you can think of. Contact them about this post. Tell them you want this character.

2) I need a PR firm to help get the word out pro bono. (I don’t make a dime from the use of this new mark idea)

3) Spread the word about this mark via Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, BrightKite, YouTube, FriendFeed, …and on and on.

***Note: Yes I am aware of a character called the Interrobang. It is an attempt from the 60’s to do the same. The problem with the Interrobang is that it is ugly, not really a “single” character, visually doesn’t come across, and you have to hold down numerous keys to get the thing to come up. The average person does not know it is there and won’t use it because of the multiple keys one must use to get it. Hence my total redesign and call for the Queslamation Mark on the external keyboard like our main question mark and exclamaition marks.