By: Shelly

Shelly — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:03:58 +0000

Very interesting post. It reflects I think what our culture has become… we are interested in other people, but not enough to really have a conversation with them. MySpace and Facebook present friends as though they are in a magazine, presented to us for our curiosity. Forums and message Boards are much better places to get to know people but for some reason people prefer to “collect” friends, who aren’t even really friends” on these social sites. I don’t understand it, but I was doing it too until recently. I can’t remember the last time I had a meaningful conversation with anyone on any of those social networking sites. It boiled down to a meaningless waste of time for me. Even blog comments like this are more than I would usually talk to people I supposedly knew.
But I guess those sites are better than no friends at all.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:11:34 +0000

I really enjoyed that post. I’m 100% a “medium talker.” I like to keep up with what’s going on in people’s lives, but I don’t necessarily want to actually *gulp* talk to them. Call me a hermit, call me anti-social, but I like to be alone and I avoid the phone like the plague. MySpace and Facebook, along with the many other online mediums like message boards and the various IM platforms, are perfect for me and the type of socialization that I prefer.

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