Wednesday, February 13, 2008

More Useless Trends and Non-starter Upstarts in Social Networking

True, only someone under 24 could POSSIBLY clue us in about such things, right? So go ahead and skip this post and be sure to keep up the Age Discrimination, even though you yourself are a victim of its relentlessly sclerosing sociological malignancy. Let's all just keep on working against our own best interest, shall we? Sure, yeah, that sounds good.

Besides, what's The Point, if you can't accomplish all of your life's goals in Less than The First Thirty Days, right? Anything that takes longer than that is a waste of time, right?

Oh, and since by far the fastest growing demographic in America is over the age of 50 -- and they only control more disposable wealth than any generation of consumers in history -- I think we should focus on their children and grandchildren ... you know, the really sexy hot ones who are like Totally Hot like Paris. The svelte and savvy experts at not just gaming consoles, but gaming your intricate accountability systems, abusing your pseudo-affiliate programs, and who have zero interest in "playing by the rules" of your meticulously thought out "programs."

Yeah, that sounds like a low-maintenance-cost plan, a real gold mine. So yeah, keep on hiring more young people and firing more old people. Make sure everyone is always chipper, chirpy, perky, and cackling merrily along with the herd. After all, anything less would be ... un-American.

And always, always, always remember: any proposed deviance from these Comfortable, Familiar and Self-Destructive Norms could instigate thoughts of CHANGE -- and change must always be opposed at all costs!

So I say, keep chasing those penniless, near-do-well MySpace cadets (anyone over 40 on MySpace is clearly a creep with nothing of value to offer) and forget the growing Eons of users in Well Established and Proven Markets who are flush with CASH and on average have 30 to 50 more years to SPEND IT.

Yeah, that's the ticket!