So Steven Johnson, a writer, tells us how the internet has made us smarter and more engaged in this world....he could be right but he could be wrong when it comes to social connection. Social connection websites such as Facebook, myspace, twitter, and dating websites are making us come in contact with more more and more people....but is the contact we are having with these people signifigant whatsoever. Mostly not. I have 1,200 friends on facebook and probably only slightly care bout 200 hundred of them....and if it wasn't for facebook I probably wouldn't have any contact with them. However, somedays I find myself creepin on facebook for no reason and its kinda ridiculous. Instead of going and talking to people face to face I sit behind a screen and talk to them which is quite meaningless to me. So why do I do it? Boredem. Although these social websites do often prohibit more first hand social expieriences, I do so the upside to some of it. If you have family thousands of miles away, contact with them is a click away thanks to these websites. But if my friends sitting in the living room and im in my bedroom and i ask him a question via facebook I find it quite ridiculous, lazy, and un emphasized the way I talk because there is no tone in a keyboard unless I use exclamation points which are way to overused anyway. How do I know when someone is trying to use tone in a sentence on social networks when a exclamation point is used commonly after EVERY FRICKEN SENTENCE!!!! People will just say something as follows Q: Hey what did you do today? A: Read a book!!!!!!! .......Face to face conversation is important and I think that a lot of social skills in children are possibly being effected by social networks. Lastly I like want to like say that like I hate the word like.......people never know what they want to say anymore face to face because they are used to typing it instead of speaking it so thats like it for my like blog Ill see you all like later. Like Stay Frosty.
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I agree completely. People are now more socially awkward than ever and I blame it on the internet. Everyone feels more comfortable to talk to anyone they want when they're hiding behind the screen. I think spending too much time on the internet can create another personality of yourself in a sense, because who you are on the Internet, is rarely how you act in real life.
ReplyDeleteIf your computer was off, how many of your Facebook "friends" could you name? You say you care about 200 of them. Could you name all 200 of these friends without help?
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