WARNING: If you're offended, I'm sorry. I'm not sorry that I've offended you, I'm sorry that you're such a crybaby.
So. Prosebox has decided to confuse a journal site with a social network platform. I could laugh at this all day long, and you know? I think I will.
"Kudo". Christ.
Still, if you're going to try and facebookify a journal site, why stop there? Have some balls and implement a dislike button as well. At least then there'll be some genuine lulz in with the drama.
I still firmly stand behind my idea that this system will be abused by "Like Whores". If you want to lure in the kind of asshole who needs to validate their so-called "creativity" with a fucking "like" button, expect to also lure in the kind of asshole who writes using "txt speek". I also fully expect a whole range of sub-par writers to suddenly appear, people who treat written English as if it's their third language or something. People who don't write entries or articles, but write glorified status updates. People who (Jesus, no) write really bad slash fanfic.
A fucking "like" button. You've gotta be kidding me. I came here to write stuff, not made to feel like I have to pander to a bunch of facebook fuckwits. It's a symptom of the "me-me-me" self-absorbed culture that has pervaded every society in the Western world. As I've said many, many times before - I don't give a fuck whether you like what I write or not. I don't write for anyone other than myself, so why should you clicking on a little thumbs-up icon make any difference whatsoever? We have comments boxes, remember? If you like or dislike what I write, you can write it down in a comment. If you can't be bothered, and you'd rather click on a button than express yourself via words on a writing website, I got news for you - you're fucking doing it wrong.
Feel free to comment away, but bear in mind that I will be blocking you if your opinion is fucking stupid.
PS There's no such thing as a "kudo", for fuck's sake. "Kudos" is a Greek word which means "acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement". Aside from the fact that this concept never applies here or anywhere else on the internet, it's not plural to begin with, so you can't singularize it. It's either "kudos" or it's nothing. The fact that I have to explain this on a writing site is fucking hilarious.
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