My Google Reader is a whore.

I’ve decided to stop reading the crap in it, especially the blogs.

I’ve had quite enough of them, actually. Growing as a writer/blogger/opinionated spokesperson of one doesn’t seem to be as interesting as it used to be, especially when I’m being inundated with endless top ten lists of “must read bloggers” or “best posts of the millennium/age/century/next 5 seconds.”

This is not a critique of any one specific blogger, just the community I’ve come to know. I’m just as guilty as the rest. Yet, I’ve grown so tired of social media, I could vomit.  I am no longer interested in relating one of  those “Social Media God – are you out there? It’s me, Raven” queries.

Let’s stop.

Therefore, let’s keep pretending that social media is (r)evolutionizing traditional media. Or, let’s realize we’re only witnessing  the growing pains of a transforming digital age. Let’s act surprised Terry Moran tweets about the president calling Kanye West a jackass and pretend we care.

I am beginning to think this informaniac-ism is overrated.

Side Note: Didn’t they say the same thing about the idiot box?

I am already ready for the next big thing…maybe.

The need to actively hunt for readworthy blogs or sort them in a reader has disappeared as the amusing and luxurious time suck. They are everywhere.  I shouldn’t need to start a blog now, because my ideas are being recorded elsewhere – whether on an online resume or a Linked In page (or God forbid, Facebook). If not there, they are somewhere else, floating around uncensored, reformatted online or tweeted.

Side Note: Too late.

And, if none of those things apply to me, I’m not entirely invisible (but I might as well be).

I do not think saturating yourself in social media is the new thing anymore because it is now the norm.

Perhaps, I’m so steeped in the gospel I can no longer tell the difference between those (dis)connected muggles and the real tried-and-true social media wizards. Therefore, I think everyone’s in on it…the practical absurdity of using social media.

So, now it’s no longer about having time to read 300 new blog posts or making substantial connections. It’s about being interested in doing that crap in the first place. Our world isn’t being made bigger because we have blogs or social media. Nor, is it being made smaller.

There’s just more. That’s it. More does not necessarily mean better or bigger or brighter or nicer…or even smarter.

It’s just means more.

That’s it.