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微博实验

当全职奶爸的时候,整天又累又困。为了缓解压力,我把老婆的新浪微博账号抢过来,加了一大堆酒井的朋友,就开始玩起了微博。不出所料,社交网站好不好玩,主要还是看人气。微博上的老朋友让我立刻找到了酒井bbs的感觉。因为微博上的人还是国内的居多,也成了我了解一下国人心态的窗口。

但是一段时间以后,微博的坏处也彰显出来:

1. 容易上瘾。微博把我所有闲散时间全部占去,一旦忙完一件正经事(比如给闺女喂奶),就习惯性的开始刷微博。当然也怪我自己意志力薄弱。这些时间,不管用来看书还是工作,都对我自己的未来有大得多的好处。(因为沉溺微博,我从图书馆借来的"Einstein: His Life and Universe"没能读过15页就到期该还了,心里很愧疚。)

2. 内容空洞、重复、肤浅。微博上的内容,翻来覆去就那么几种,没有多少信息量。

a) 谣言和明显错误的言论很多很多,害得我老得用Google、Wikipedia来辨别真伪,浪费了很多时间。很多谣言明显是利益集团有意为之,居心险恶。(我常看的CBC、NY Times、BBC、Montreal Gazette、La Presse都是信誉很高的信息来源,直接帮我把谣言和不可靠信息筛掉了。国内人生活、工作效率低,或许跟信息源污染严重有关?)

b) 很多申冤微博,直接把微博当上访办,反映的是国内社会严重不公,底层人民怨声载道。结果是政府天价维稳,本来可以用来发展经济的钱又内耗掉。

c) 还有很多公司CXO,一天没事也发些不痛不痒的微博,为自己招揽人气,塑造品牌,搞注意力经济。我不知道始作俑者是谁,但是教Chinese怎么爱China的Taiwanese American李开复先生当为此坏风气之滥觞。当年他在Google China的时候,不好好工作,专事为自己沽名钓誉,有违职业道德。以至于Google China业绩那么差的时候,总部竟然不敢立刻撤他的职。要在国外,他早就下课了。参见Yahoo!,HP。相比而言,影视明星本来就是靠人气吃饭,所以用微博跟粉丝互动,中(微博)外(Twitter)皆然。

3. 阻碍思考。微博的形式决定了它是gossip和吵架的工具,不是深度交流和思考的平台。面对一条微博,我只能条件反射地去批阅或转发,根本来不及思考。长此以往,必将养成肤浅的思维习惯。

4. 僵尸横行,广告成灾。我的“粉丝”里面,一半是明显的机器人。这些僵尸粉除了用来给那些搞注意力经济的人增加人气以外,对我没任何好处。广告太多也让微博的信噪比骤减。

5. 暴戾怨恨,是我在微博里感受到的最多的情绪。大多数国人生活压力很大,住房、上学、看病被称为“三座大山”。这让我坚定了打死也不回去的决心。就算有高薪机会,我也会因为道德洁癖而拒绝。因为我认为在国内赚大钱的人,即使自己不作恶,也必然是有意无意地助恶。

总而言之,我决定从明天起戒掉微博,就像我当年戒掉未名空间一样。搞注意力经济的人上微博,是为了赚钱;我既赚不到钱,又何必给人送钱?多出来的时间,用来读书可以修身养性,用来工作可以升职加薪。何乐不为?

2012/10/21

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