okok.... it's tuesday....

well, come to think of it, all of us need testimonials... whether for a job interview, universities entries and even for matchmaking services!

there is a wonderful site called Friendster (http://www.friendster.com) that allows you to track, hunt and even "stalk" on your friends or some other strangers, conveniently.

I like the services offered by Friendster. You can send messages, send a 'smile', post pix, report anyone to the administrator... bla bla bla... most importantly , write testimonial for someone.

It sounds kinda ridiculous when Friendster actually limits the length of testimonial to 100 characters. Yes~! characters instead of words. But that is all for the best of the users. Some post testimonials that is very long (yeah, ive seen those that occupied the whole page). Some are short (which i find it even more ridiculous).

I have came across some testimonials in forms of "greetings" like, "how are you?", "miss you so much, what are you doing?" and such. "Happy Birthday"s are ok cos they are wishes from your friends but some took for granted that they mistook the testimonial service as 'chatroom' or 'chatterbox'.

A testimonial, according to www.dictionary.com, is a statement in support of a particular truth, fact, or claim or a written affirmation of another's character or worth; a personal recommendation or Something given in appreciation of a person's service or achievement; a tribute.

well, the worst part is, many of the testimonials are "Copied and Pasted" from some other sources. Now at least those "how are you?" testimonials are written from their heart.

You have heard of the word "mobile" which replace "mobile phone". You have also heard of many other words that represent other 'longer' words. Now, there is a new word that Friendster-ian used, "TESTI" for "testimonial". That sounds a bit awkward especially when "testimonials" became "TESTIS". For example, John said to Paul, "How many testis do you have in your Friendster?". That is absolutely hilarious~!

But then again, this is what makes Friendster so special that many other community websites like Hi5!, Multipy and such start to bloom. with 'almost' the same concept, they emerge very fast into the "World of Online Community" so fast that spams start to get in the way.

Alright, alright, im not so calculative about that. Actually my topic is just "The Testimonial" but i have dragged on to another level of discussion. haha...

Till then... Happy Holidays and Happy Friendster-ing



Picture courtesy of Friendster.com