Kaypohing
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Don't you agree with me that Friendster may well be one of the largest and most powerful kaypohing tool around? One can browse any member's network of friends and who knows, you might just find another common friend and say," I know this guy/gal; I never knew we had so many friends in common." Or you might find a long lost friend, like how I found my primary school best friend, David, on Friendster. Friendster also allows one to have a mini photo album; for kaypohs, another place that reveals a person's life.
If everyone is truthful about their relationship status, you can find out whether you, at least, stand a slight chance with a gal/guy you like. (Perhaps you would like to set your viewing status to anonymous, so that he/she wouldn't suspect you? But what if he/she is also interested in you and start clicking you? Then you wouldn't know he/she click you...) I have heard stories about people sending cold-messages (like cold-calls) to gals/guys saying that they would like to befriend them. Well, of course, the targets would most likely be pretty gals and handsome guys. Obviously, I have not received any cold-emails.
Kaypohing carries such a negative connotation that I am reluctant to use it. After all, Friendster has killed many of my boring hours by allowing me to peer into a very small part of the private lives of many people. Besides, if one doesn't keep a blog/ haven't been in contact with social life due to work/ busy with study/ too tired/ or whatever that prevents you from updating people of your life, I think Friendster is a nice place (ranked third) for that purpose. The second would be a blog. Of course, nothing beats a face-to-face dinner gathering to catch up.
posted byWilliam at 9:13 PM