Let Me Explain

Do you hate facebook? Or are you on facebook, but have certain friends who wouldn't touch facebook with a ten foot pole? Where are those people? Speen's Crib, that's where! (or someplace like it-- I mean, obviously not yet, but they will be!) Twitter is OK, but you're limited to like five words, so people end up using links, which I find annoying. I want something simple. No links, no videos, just text, pictures, and comments. Also, this isn't something you do on your phone, necessarily (though you can, like everything else) and you don't have to be connected to a GPS, provide a credit card, or be bludgeoned with ads.

I think of it as a party. When you have like 800 facebook friends, like I do (potentially) you have to think, would I want to go to a party with all these people? It's too much, and more often than not it's a party with the people you DON'T want to be at a party with. So Speen's Crib is a party on a smaller scale. I realize there still may be people you don't want to hang out with, that's why we are enforcing a strict one post per day limit. All you have to do is scroll down a little ways. If you don't like the people in the parlor, go hang out in the kitchen for awhile.

Obviously we are using a "blog" format, a google blogger one, specifically, and the downside of that is that you need a google account. You don't necessarily need a gmail mail address-- you can register with any email address, but you can also open a gmail account JUST FOR THIS, and not have it connected to anything else you do. Of course, everything you say and do here may very well be recorded and catalogued by "Big Brother," but seeing how there are SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, and you're going to be here (on Earth) for a VERY SHORT TIME-- is that worth worrying about? Maybe it is. I would prefer to have Speen's Crib to be own website, but even then there is no privacy. But I may do that eventually... as soon as I complete the webdesign classes I'm taking at Kokomo Community College... don't hold your breath.

In the meantime, this stuff is still free, so why dream about the future when you can do it now! And I promise that when Speen's Crib gets to be REALLY BIG, I won't sell out. I should write a declaration of principles, actually, but you know what Charles Foster Kane said about that. Anyway, that's not likely, considering the HIGH QUALITY of people we hope to have here.

Oh, one other thing... My IDEA, in using this blog format, is that with something like facebook, say, you just say, "I had a crappy day at work!" or "I hate the city I live in"-- but here, that statement is essentially the title of your post. Then you must elaborate. In elaborating, through the act of writing, something happens in your brain-- it might be called THINKING. Suddenly you find yourself at a different place than where you came in. Maybe you DON'T hate the city you live in after all, but have much more complex feelings about it.

Oh, one more thing... with this "blogger" format, we are limited to 100 contributors. That's a lot, of course, but it's still a limit. This is a good thing-- it keeps the party under control. If we ever do reach the limit, inactive members might be kicked off if they go for a long time without participating. I know that sounds harsh, but you can always come back if you really want to. I'm sure it won't be a problem, anyway, anytime in the near future. I'm sure there will be plenty of other problems more worthy of our hair pulling and exasperation-- there always are.