Buzzwords and Social Media

We tweet. We FaceBook each other. We check in on 4square so that stalkers can know where we are and burglars can know where we aren't. And somewhere, everything we do online is being tracked and followed. I have recently found this to be evident on Twitter to the degree that I now wonder if Big Brother really is out there, carefully scrutinizing every post I make. Looking for keywords with which to sucker me in. I recently posted a tweet about going home and having a glass of wine. Not two minutes later I got a friend request from a wine company. Now all my friends know I am a fan of liquid entertainment, but really? I said I was going home to have a glass or three of wine. That does not mean that I want to join Jim-bob's Wine-of-the Month Club. This morning I posted something (directed @ at friend) about using a treadmill in the workout room. Now all of the sudden I've gotten friend requests from two gyms and a 'spa' whose disclaimer of being a workout facility questionable at best. Scary. Yet intriguing.

I usually try to tweet about things that are going on around me. Things that effect me directly in my day to day shenanigans. Or if my life proves to be too boring that day, I'll provide some commentary on current events, celebrity gossip, the latest evangelist to be caught with his pants down (literally and figuratively). But now I feel like I should just throw our random things, just to see who picks up on them and all of the sudden wants to follow me. And since most of these would likely prove to be spammers, I could up my follower count without having to really acknowledge them. These folks are definitely not #ff worthy.

Now if anyone needs me, I'm going to go tweet about male menopause and having a heavy flow day and see who sends me a friend request.