I was going to write a few paragraphs about how dumb this is -- how I can't imagine an interpretation of it that didn't bother me, because if it was an earnest enterprise than it's doing a bad job of selling itself and unintentionally disparaging the completely valid need for social interaction as a service (e.g. suicide hotlines); and if it was meant to be a critical performance art thing, then its the equivalent of yelling into an echo chamber.
Then, I realized how much I was thinking about this silly little thing, and I decided it was worth appreciating anything that made me think a bit more seriously about what I spend my money (and time) on, even on lazy Sunday mornings.
you're claiming that if if it was meant to be a critique it's ineffective yet you found yourself realizing "how much [you were] thinking about this silly little thing"
The cadence of your post implies to me that you're exposing some sort of hypocrisy on my part.
My entire point was that I had gotten all riled up about something being dumb, but that something had caused me to think in a way atypical of dumb things.
It's obviously a statement on the privatization of (all) information on the web. When everyone is deep mining social interactions, why shouldn't we get a piece of the pie, since we're the ones doing all the work? Especially this day where a lot of people are so "career-focused" anything and everything is a chance to coopt or "get a head of the curve" of any perceived or actual value.
Then, I realized how much I was thinking about this silly little thing, and I decided it was worth appreciating anything that made me think a bit more seriously about what I spend my money (and time) on, even on lazy Sunday mornings.