Rick
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Where do people stand on Social Media at the moment? This story came out today and I found it fascinating - it touched on quite a few thoughts that I have been having of late that led me to deactivate all of my social media accounts a few weeks ago (bar Instagram, FYI). What Chamath Palihapitiya said in his remarks were very similar to what Sean Parker said a while back and that's fascinating to me - given that they were such driving forces in its creation.
I came to the conclusion that it does more harm than good to our society and generally became aware (slowly) over time that my desire to share things with people in a non-targeted way has reduced and is now at levels almost zero.
Don't get me wrong, I understand Facebook, Twitter and the like do some very good things - they help reunite families, find lost dogs, assist people in raising money etc - but I also think they undo a lot of our great social traditions, perhaps don't help mental health and reduce real interaction between people.
I use messaging services very frequently, being able to target conversations with groups of people or individuals is how I much prefer to communicate about most things - popping something on my Facebook timeline for all my 'friends' to chime in on feels so unnecessary. I also tire of the constant adverts and product placements that it feels increasingly difficult to escape.
I realise it may appear that there is some irony in starting this conversation on a message board, but the distinction that I would make is that I only know a handful of members in real life and don't post under my 'real' name.
Anyone on the same page, or do you love to share everything with everyone on all platforms? Maybe it comes with age or maybe I am just grumpy. I guess younger people don't know any different and conclude it's always been this way.
I came to the conclusion that it does more harm than good to our society and generally became aware (slowly) over time that my desire to share things with people in a non-targeted way has reduced and is now at levels almost zero.
Don't get me wrong, I understand Facebook, Twitter and the like do some very good things - they help reunite families, find lost dogs, assist people in raising money etc - but I also think they undo a lot of our great social traditions, perhaps don't help mental health and reduce real interaction between people.
I use messaging services very frequently, being able to target conversations with groups of people or individuals is how I much prefer to communicate about most things - popping something on my Facebook timeline for all my 'friends' to chime in on feels so unnecessary. I also tire of the constant adverts and product placements that it feels increasingly difficult to escape.
I realise it may appear that there is some irony in starting this conversation on a message board, but the distinction that I would make is that I only know a handful of members in real life and don't post under my 'real' name.
Anyone on the same page, or do you love to share everything with everyone on all platforms? Maybe it comes with age or maybe I am just grumpy. I guess younger people don't know any different and conclude it's always been this way.