Following The Crowd

LOL, so I kind of have a blog now.

I'm assuming that if you're reading this, you know me. You either follow me on YouTube, Twitter, or you're one of my friends.

On the offchance that you found this blog through some other means, HELLO! I'm Rachel. I make videos on YouTube sometimes, and I'm a nerdfighter. And if you don't know what a nerdfighter is, please, Google it. It will change your life.
I'm not a big deal, really. I just recently graduated from high school, and I've grown up in Texas for the past 7 or so years (this meaning that I've moved, not that I'm a seven year old who just graduated from high school). I really enjoy playing the guitar, singing, dancing, but none of that I'm particularly amazing at. Next year I'll be attending college to study Music/Education.

But, enough about me. Sort of.

I feel as though social networking sites sort of have a social inertia effect on people, and they're all very subjective to what time period you're looking at. In the mid 2000's, people were obsessed with AIM (AOL instant messenger) - it was the new thing, the new craze, the new way to talk to your friends. The reason I begin there is because for my generation, just having email was never something that we ever had to deal with. But now we've developed into so many websites to connect with people on, it's absolutely mind blowing. It stretches all the way from dating sites such as eHarmony - to sites that I use every day (Facebook, Twitter, VYou, BlogSpot, Skype). Even so, there are still a few sites I have bookmarked that I haven't used yet. DailyBooth and Tumblr are just kind of sitting on my pages, waiting to be used. In every possible way, the method in which we connect to people we know (and even people we want to know) is constantly evolving. I used to think that Facebook was the only way to talk to my friends (and occasionally stalk them), and once I began making videos, my friendcount as well as my site-usage kind of exploded.

Saying all of that, I still haven't even touched on the dark parts of the internet. And I don't think I will, just in case.

I guess the point I am trying to make, is that in a year from now, Facebook could be obsolete (I mean, come on, look at Myspace), and social networking could take another turn. I absolutely love how technology is always evolving to what people need and want, and I can't wait to see where it goes next.

Also, if any of you can help me with Tumblr... I still don't know how to use it.

My YouTube: RachelMakesItAwkward (Subscribers: 227)
My Twitter: RachelsAwkward (Followers: 74)