Over the last couple of years I have seen my fair share of critics that post negative commentary about Lifestreaming. I feel that this is due to a narrow-minded view of what it is. This in part is due to the misconception that Lifestreaming is only about personal narcissm and vanity. Sure, that’s a part of it, but it goes far beyond that. There is so much negativity centered around the all too common stereotypes perpetuated by people who continually tweet about eating a sandwich. This alone has provided much of the cannon fodder for many to quip about the uselessness of Lifestraming. That behavior prompts many to state why the hell would would they want to follow any normal person’s life. Well I find most “normal” people I follow to be far more interesting than most celebrities that put their life on display nowadays, but that’s a different post.
In the sandwich example, there are many ways to add pizazz to that tweet such as incorporating external services that add context. If more folks did this, then it might help remove that negative stereotype but unfortu