I'd had an flux capacitor moment (I'd just taken the '80s movie quiz on Facebook) that lead to my Facebook status on Friday, " Facebook is like a custom reality show staring all your friends, but without the stupid competitive plot line...come to think of it it makes Seinfelds plot look meaningful.". After a handful of comments I wanted to play out the idea a bit further.
It struck me that I was watching Facebook like a TV show. There was a cast of characters, some primary and others supporting. There were plots that were evolving amongst the characters. But what made it so compelling was that the cast was so varied, and the plot unpredictable. In reallife time has grown so short that lifes contacts have been sanitized of so much of the interesting tidbits and asides, but on Facebook you have this richness. In our real lives we often don't have time for more then work, family and a close core of friends. While this intimate group provides us with much joy, its characters are often so well known as to limit the drama. On Facebook the technology allows us to have more friends, increase diversity and add drama because it requires so little of our time.
Over the course of recent weeks I've seen relationships spark and fade, puppies born, the euphoria and opposite of the election, and friends go through hard times. Facebook is amazing for it's ability to see the drama of life, our lives. TV is simply not this compelling.
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