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| "Magic" of Social Media Wearing Off? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 27 2012, 08:03 PM (652 Views) | |
| thewhitepenny | Apr 27 2012, 08:03 PM Post #1 |
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I signed in to facebook for the first time in a month today and I have to say I really enjoyed my month off. I enjoyed it so much that I've been considering deleting my account. The only problem is that to be honest FB is probably the easiest way of communicating with friends that are now spread all over the US. Has anyone else started to feel a bit of disconnect with social media or am I the only lonely soul out there? On a side note... does anyone else feel like FB has completely made high school reunions a total waste of time? I mean... she got fat, he got married, she had kids... I already know these things. Maybe I'm just to much of a loner these days but good god I don't really want to see those people again! |
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| VirtualBoyGamerShow | Apr 27 2012, 08:36 PM Post #2 |
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I guess it depends on your age. For my generation (first year of high school) if you are not doing homework, you are on facebook. I am not as big into facebook as most people in my grade, but I am guilty of being on. |
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| thewhitepenny | Apr 27 2012, 08:42 PM Post #3 |
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Yeah I was in college when facebook first started and it was really fucking cool back then. You had to have a college email address to access it so no high school kids, tweeners, moms and dads, or grandmas on there like there are no a days. Now that I've graduated college and have a career I really just keep in touch with my close friends who just text me. |
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| Kobrakai | Apr 27 2012, 10:09 PM Post #4 |
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Yeah I completely agree. I have no interest in the daily happenings of anyone on my Facebook. I have this girl that has an album with like a billion photos of her sitting at her computer doing faces, and I see new ones on my wall every time I go on, it's pretty annoying. So I realised I wasn't really into the whole social networking thing but I still go on to use the chat feature as I still like to talk to about 1% of my friends list. Saying that, I'd never delete my account, I'd feel so left out haha |
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| MidiPour | Apr 27 2012, 10:20 PM Post #5 |
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I know what you mean. I have some some people who are interested in keeping contact and posting worthwhile things, but then there are people who post unnecessary status updates of every little thing they're up to. Or the people, like you said, who consistently add new self-photos. I mean, I don't know, I find the majority of my feed inundated with stuff I don't care for. But apparently there are people who do care since the same people do receive likes and comments. I deleted my facebook 4 times because I felt like I had too many 'friends' I just didn't keep up with, and I feel that I don't like facebook because it gives me too much information that I don't need. But then again, because of cell phones, it's hard to keep in contact with people without facebook, especially since it seems everyone loses their cell phone or some shit. |
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| helsinkirocks | Apr 27 2012, 10:52 PM Post #6 |
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Social Media was never cool, and has always been terrible. |
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| MidiPour | Apr 27 2012, 11:17 PM Post #7 |
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If it wasn't cool, people wouldn't use it. But it is cool, that's the thing. As for it being terrible, I don't particularly think the format is terrible, but how people use I find somewhat closer along that line. But then again, alot of people don't think that, which probably makes people like me and you uncool. haha |
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| kuroi | Apr 28 2012, 05:56 AM Post #8 |
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Social Media has made communication so very easy that you easily get inundated with inconsequential events in other people's lives. Translation: People share too much information about themselves online. Sharing is never a bad thing, but it's who you share it with that causes problems. I don't need to see a 72 picture album you just uploaded while at the beach, but I bet the other 7 people you went with might be interested. Make it private and only viewable by those people, with a select few bleeding out if there was something particularly awesome that happened or you want to update your profile pic. On the other side of the coin, it does make it so very easy to keep up with people you normally wouldn't. It helps foster relationships that may have gotten lost along the path of life. People are starting to realize that they're sharing too much online. It's so easy to get denied a job because you share with the public, or you get fired because your boss or other co-worker has pictures of you in non-kosher situations. People will learn over time how to restrict their settings. Google+ had the right idea with Circles, but it wasn't implemented in the best way. I think the biggest reason you think it has lost its magic is because it's become so normal to interact (directly or not) with other people that it's a part of your every day life. You get on Facebook/twitter/Google+/etc and see what's going on with everyone else. The face to face interaction is gone, and while comments are great, you lose out on some of that in person social bonding. The only advice I can really give anyone if they feel they are having problems with facebook/whatever is to trim down your friends list to people you actively engage social activity with. If you don't talk to them normally, cut them out. If you don't see them very much, cut them out. If you are sick of seeing what they post because you don't care about them on a close, personal level, cut them out. There's really no reason for a bunch of fluff when you can cut straight to the core. Clean your online presence up and you'll be surprised at how much of a difference it makes. |
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| TheHBF | Apr 29 2012, 03:54 AM Post #9 |
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This has always been a favorite topic of mine and been very passionate about. In my opinion, social media the same innovation as the telephone was. The telephone wasn't necessarily widely received at first, but as time went on, more people adapted to it and it's now one of those things that will never disappear. Social networking is the same thing, it made connecting with people so much easier than before, and while many people seem to think that's a bad thing, I think its one of the best things about it. We can say how personal interaction is so much better all we want but in the end, knowing a little bit about someone before even "knowing" them enhances the interaction experience. At the moment, many people are critical about simply because they are in the middle of the transition stage. The next generation will embrace it more since it will be something they will grow up with. We are responsible with our own social networks, adding someone is like signing a contract that you will be responsible to how you manage your interaction with that person is. It's not the social network, nor the person's fault that their daily photo booths annoy you. They don't need to make things private nor should they be held against for not doing so. YOU are in control of what you see in your news feed, its not that hard to hide their Facebook statuses from your news feed forever. The core of social networking, especially Facebook, is that its a platform to give as much information about yourself as you want and how you want it, and that girl who posts depressing statuses and daily shots of her face is properly utilizing that platform to its finest. I just find it so unfair that people hold the things other people do on their social network against them, when what they're doing is the very spine of social networking. Social networking is not a bad thing, like the telephone, it is something that we will fully embrace. The magic of social networking isn't disappearing, you are just simply getting accustomed to its existence. When not using it is not weird anymore, thats when you know its becoming normal. You don't always use a phone, but it's always there and you can never imagine not having it. I thing people who delete their social networks put a big hole in their social life and circle. If you don't like what your friends post then hide them from your news feed or delete them. If you don't know that person then why did you add them/accept their friend request? In the end, our social network is our own responsibility and the experience we get from it is based on our decision. |
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| thewhitepenny | Apr 29 2012, 08:31 AM Post #10 |
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I feel you HBF. I guess I just miss the whole face to face interaction... |
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| lol_pc | Apr 29 2012, 08:51 AM Post #11 |
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The magic has worn off, but as with other communication devices, i.e. telephone, cellphone etc. it has just become a part of everyday life. The thing I like about social media is that it lets me connect to people who i've lost touch with, it also acts as a great forum for me and my close friends to plan get togethers a lot faster and easier than before. However, the thing I dislike most about social media, is that I feel like it crosses some sort of boundry as far as privacy is concerned, all your private information, email address, full name, birthdate, cellphone number, pictures and everything you post goes up in the cloud, and it has never been as easy to get a hold of someones personal information as it is today. And I have no doubt whatsoever that a site like Facebook takes advantage of such valuable information. But, they provide the service, we agreed to the terms. I still find it a tad bit scary though. Edited by lol_pc, Apr 29 2012, 08:52 AM.
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| Mr_Debauch | May 9 2012, 11:34 PM Post #12 |
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i joined facebook when myspace was still popular (i was on there for sharing my music since better sites like soundcloud were not really under my radar at the time) .. anyhow so I joined facebook not actually knowing what it was all about, not knowing the real deal of how it works .. then I deleted it once I figured it out a year or so later. Never been back since. My self wasn't my problem with it (knowing when to draw the line)... it was other people. People just take it too seriously... f**k that sh!t. I'm fine with not using any social media beyond what I have to (for my music). |
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