Super Bowl Social

Is social media social?
Unlike most of America, I didn't spend last Sunday eating nachos and drinking beer at a Super Bowl party. However, I did participate in a virtual party. What say you?

No, I didn't plan to have a virtual party, it just happened. My bride Ruth and I sat down in front of the medium sized TV with our portals to the outside world on our laps. I was expecting a boring game with great commercials and a quiet evening at home. It didn't turn out that way.

First, it was a real football game, not like the Super Bowls of late. Second, while peering into my portal, I discovered #superbowlads on Twitter. Hundreds of people tweeting about the ads and the game. Sometimes it was more about the game. In between tweets, I was checking Facebook to see what my friends were up to and commenting on the game. At one point I texted a friend who was actually at the game. Occasionally, I even watched the game. Come to think of it, this is not that much different than a real Super Bowl party. It just contained less calories.

I don't remember last year's Super Bowl, but I do know that I wasn't on Facebook and although I had a Twitter account, I wasn't Twittering.

What will Super Bowl 2010 bring? Maybe I'll go old school social and attend a real party with pizza and beer and not even look at my mobile portal to the world.