Mass Text Messages Are Worthless
When people annoy me on Twitter, I unfollow them.
If folks piss me off on Facebook, I unfriend them.
And now I have a new rule. If you send me a mass text message, I will kick the crap out of you.
Mass texts are the lowest form of communication. Even lower than smoke signals. If we were to assign a dollar value to types of communication, it would look something like this:
Intimacy = $1.00
Face-to-Face = $.75
Phone = $.50
E-mail = $.25
Text = $.10
Mass Text = $.01
I guess I could take all of those pennies, throw them in a jar, and save for a rainy day. But other than that, I have no use for a penny – and I have no use for your mass text message.
Depending on your wireless carrier and plan, it is sometimes tricky identifying a text that was sent to a distribution list. Usually the generic content of the message is enough to be a giveaway.
“A Happy New Year to All”
“Wishing you the best in 2010”
If I wanted to read a Hallmark card, I’d pay a visit to my local drug store.
Not just anyone makes it on to the Jack of all Blog’s contact list. That honor is reserved for people who want to communicate on a one-on-one basis. Send me a mass text and I will boot you from the list. Go ahead, try it, I dare you.
What do you think?