While I do believe the Flutter video does do a good job in criticizing the current micro/nano blogging that exists today there are ways they could have made their argument stronger. As they limit their 'flaps' to 26 characters, the 'flaps' still are coherent despite how few characters actually exist. I believe that to really get their point across, to really step beyond that line, would be to display certain 'flaps' that are completely incoherent. They could follow that by one of the spokespeople arguing 1) that the 'flap' makes sense and 2) that in today's busy society people just don't have the time to read full words. This would play even more on the basis that they already asserted, in that 140 characters is too overwhelming to the user, which is why they created a site that limits the user to 26 characters.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Flutter
While first watching the Flutter video I thought it was a legitimate site. I then googled it, found no site called 'Flutter,' and soon got to a point in the video where I realized it was a parody. While the video is funny it does argue a valid point. Today's up to the second information update is getting out of hand, and the Flutter video illustrates this. For instance, the iphone app that the creators of Flutter have in the works that updates your location and "Flaps" about it is already too much. If that wasn't enough it when you enter the bathroom it blogs that you are currently in the bathroom. And if the iphone app wasn't enough the glasses that display a streaming update of current blog posts surely over does it.
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ReplyDeleteI think it is very good that you suggested specific ways that the video could be improved. I actually only thought of trying to counterargue the video. However, after reading your post, I realized that suggesting possible improvements is also a way to challenge the video.
ReplyDeleteEven though I personally think that presenting the idea of Flutter was actually enough to prove their point, I agree with your opinion on how video could have strengthened its argument. By exaggerating the case even more, the video could definitely be even more persuasive.
When I started watching the video I too thought it was real until quite far into the video. I found myself coming up with the same argument as you after watching the video on Flutter. I agree that if they had added a scene where they put more emphasis on the fact that people in today's society just don't have time to read full words, the over the top affect might have added to their point. Yet, overall I think that the video got the point across effectively. After all, it had us both fooled for a while.
ReplyDeleteI thought flutter was real too. It just seems so crazy that someone would probably have made it. All the apps and other gadgets that went along with Flutter were very funny. I like your idea of taking the incoherentness of the flutter messages to a new level to get the point across easier. You have some great ideas!
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