SW10/META: Social Media vs. the Powernaut

Andrew Perron pwerdna at gmail.com
Wed Jul 18 11:26:26 PDT 2012


On Jul 15, 8:26 pm, Scott Eiler <sei... at eilertech.com> wrote:

> On Facebook, I have put "like" links on every page I've published since
> 1954.  The first three links resulted in separate Powernaut fan pages:
> 1954, 1955, and 2005.  Everything since then has linked to the Powernaut
> 2005 page.  So if you like Powernaut 1944, Powernaut 2005 gets the
> credit.  And people who like Powernaut 1955 are out of the loop if I
> send out a Powernaut 2005 update.  Too bad.  Powernaut 1955 is still the
> most popular.  Powernaut 1954 is just a backwater now.
>
> The Facebook Powernaut pages at least allow me to edit the face image.
> So at least now when you get a Facebook notification, you'll know
> whether it comes from 1954 (Classic), 1955 (PowerTeen), or 2005
> (Modern).  Those are the three I'd pick, at least until I get to
> Powernaut 1968 or Powernaut 1992.  Honestly I'd prefer one page, but I
> don't see how to get that, or how to redirect any of the pages.
>
> To complicate things, the Powernaut is now on Tumblr.  I've set up the
> page to look like Powernaut 1954 there, but its updates feed to Facebook
> for Powernaut 1955.  Don't ask me why.
>
> Every time I publish a Powernaut comic now, I pimp it on Facebook as
> Powernaut 2005, then share it as myself.  Then I pimp it on Tumblr, and
> it goes to Facebook as Powernaut 1955.  Oh well, I guess it's working out.

There's a very simple explanation for this: Fractal time. >.>v

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, super simple!


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