Jan
7
Dear Internets
You have solved many of my problems, yet you catered to me so nicely you have left me wanting more. While I’m sure you’re capable of doing so many unheard of future ideas, for some reason you’re diversifying and leaving me feeling confused and over logged-in.I want to thank you for social networking and allowing me to be a citizen of transparency, however I’m one of those pesky vanity users. I have domains, a certain specific personal branding that leaves me feeling spread about rather comforted. I’m smarter than the average AOL mom, and while I’m not busy trying to run my own webserver I am trying to do a million things throughout your tubes and I have one request.
Instead of catering to specific audiences, media or service how about you cater to me via that link? You really have to do no more than what you’re already doing, you just have to give me more freedom with it. I’m willing to pay you for that extra leniency even if I’m already paying for your space and time.
I don’t want to be attentionwhore.org or courtneyjohnston.net, flickr.com/photos/attentionwhore, vimeo.com/courtneyjohnston, linkedin.com/in/courtneyjohnston, myspace.com/attnwhore, facebook.com/profile.php?id=621256198, or last.fm/user/attnwhore/.
What if I was courtneyjohnston.net/flickr or courtneyjohnston.net/linkedin? What if every service I used allowed me to integrate their services into the domain of my choice and allowed me to present my data in the exact way I wanted it shown down to the exact letter spacing? (Thank you tumblr)
I don’t mean just make multiple pages and use rss feeds. Without duplicating any of my data and allowing me to stay a part of their network while also routing people to my specific area. I’m not a fan of the same picture or post showing up in 4 different locations on 4 different servers just to be connected to my profile somehow.
I guess that’s all it is really; I just don’t want a profile. I want to be my own profile and handle my presentation using the exact format I want.
I’m already willing to pay flickr $24.99 a year just to host my images and give me an okay organizational interface. My spending for all of my regularly used services would probably far outweight whatever myspace and facebook are getting in ad revenue from me and my profiles. Give me EASY access to make everything cohesive in MY way and you’ll be giving me my ideal internet experience. And I’ll probably be giving you back a few hundred a year for the love. — courtneyj