In a recent Facebook chat with Ali, I made the observation that a lot of people seem more interested in watching a video of a chicken on a skateboard than in doing almost anything else while they’re online.

I know how it goes: someone sees a funny video and they send you a link. The video is usually something silly, so it’s good for a laugh. We’ve all done it.

But is this what we want?

There are a lot of interesting folks online – whether it is on Facebook, Twitter, or on a blog. Sometimes the hardest part is finding them.

There’s also a lot of valuable information online. Some of it is useful in our day-to-day lives and some of it is just interesting in a Discovery Channel sort of way.

Are you a chicken on a skateboard kind of person or do you spend your time looking for information or interesting people?

What’s your preference?

As I was thinking about writing this post, I received this sarahemadden tweet, that was retweeted by SavvyLY.

Here’s where the link took me.

This video, posted in October 2008 by ParryGripp, has over 3,600,000 views.

Never mind. I have my answer.

The chicken wins!

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