Celebrities don't get social media

Louis CK always makes me crack up. His latest rant on Conan is no exception. I laughed my ass off watching him pick apart some of the flaws inherent to social media. 

Then I clicked out of the video and returned to Facebook, where I had found it in the first place, and shared it with a bunch of people I barely know.

And it became clear to me that celebrities will never truly be able to appreciate social media’s appeal. Because they already have the one thing that lies at the heart of it all—fame. 

People crave attention. And nearly everyone, at some point in there lives, dreams of being famous. Prior to the advent of social media, that was just a fleeting wish for most. But now, anyone can get a taste of what Louis CK spent years trying to capture.

And perhaps that’s where the disdain is rooted. Why should any schmuck with Internet access be able to achieve even a slice of what I had to work so hard for? It’s not fair.

Perhaps. But that’s life in 2011. Everything and anything can be packaged for public consumption. Good or bad. But you can’t blame us ordinary folks for craving a little acknowledgment. It’s in our DNA. The first guy who etched a woolly mammoth onto the wall of his cave knew this.

Sorry, Louis. You are funnier than almost anyone on this planet. You should be infinitely more famous than the guy who farts the national anthem on YouTube. Or my cat. 

And yes, we should get out more and experience life through our own eyes. But that was true long before Twitter, when we were all glued to the magic box that made you famous.