It really is about the content of ones online presence. If your “about me” consists solely of musings of how dust collects in the oddest corners, or blathering on about how you love what your cat does, without any other point, then I agree entirely. Shut up.

But if in the telling of your ‘about me’ story you present a larger picture of the things that interest you or mean something to you, it is quite a different thing.

It is true, the autobiographical trivia of a door knob was never of interest in print publication, nor is it online.

We are all human and sharing our experiences can be done in many way for many purposes. Some is done poorly. So what? Stop listening to it if it bugs you.

There are times when we all think “Thanks for sharing” sarcastically when told some mundane facts about someone’s life. I really don’t need to hear about some “cute” thing your toddler has done unless in the telling I also learn something about you.

This is the key point of autobiographical broadcasting; if in the telling we can witness the emotional growth of a real person, learn something of value to us, or just vicariously experience a life quite unlike ours, then I say bring it.

For example, as a man how else can I experience how a single mother copes in her life and the stresses she endures unless she tells me, snippet by snippet of the cumulative stress? This is for me obervational research & it does require empathy, which your post lacks. But in the telling of it, I’ve learned a bit more about the author.

Final note, it is really is all about “me” in this arena. If I can’t believe I have something, even something small, to contribute, I should just shut up because no one cares.

The public display of your thoughts, even trivial ones, requires a certain mindset which strongly involves the concept of self.

A monk in solitude does not tweet about his state of enlightenment as it happens.