Social Network Overload

I started to post on Facebook tonight that I had an upset stomach due to eating dinner from Sonic.....

And then I realized......

No one cares.

Yup, no one cares.

I mean, it's not something I would call any of my friends to tell them, so why would I tell the 500 plus "friends" that I have on facebook?

Because I almost fell into social network overload. That's right, social network overload.

I don't think this is a technical diagnosis, but I'm pretty confident people have it. You know the people I'm talking about. The ones that post about everything.

I mean, really, do we need to know where you are every minute? Or what you had for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner? (I do find the occasional food post interesting, though, so don't take that the wrong way!)

So now I'm posting on my blog about NOT posting something on facebook. I've definitely fallen into SNO (yeah, I just made an acronym for a made up condition - it seems fitting in some odd way).

But in all seriousness, I think many of us are suffering from a little too much technology overload. Prime example:

Over the past week I've had several people ask or email me asking if I've heard about the seed swap this Sunday hosted by the Fayetteville Community Garden Coalition (FCGC).

I'm helping to organize the event.

Let me repeat that, I'm helping organize the event. So, yes, I've heard about it. In fact, without exception, all of the people who asked if I've heard about the event received an email or facebook message from me telling them about the event.

Yup, that's right, the people who asked if I heard about the event heard about the event from me.

Case in point. Social network overload. We're so bombarded with facebook posts, texts, emails, tweets (which is the one thing I don't do), etc., etc., we've lost track of each other.

It's a sad, lonely world sometimes.

But, hey, did you hear?????

There's a seed swap this Sunday. And I, for one, am looking forward to attending. I might even blog about it at some point...... :)

PS: I'm about to post on facebook that I just made a new blog post - oh, the irony!