Anybody else not care?

[ToeInTheWater]

I don’t have a Facebook or Twitter account, BUT I don’t think there’s anything inherently problematic about those sites. I remember the 1990s too, especially toward the end when the Internet really became mainstream. That was the era of AOL IMs, Geocities, Angelfire, IRC chat rooms, and all sorts of independent “forums” such as CAF.

Well, I suspect that I wasted as much or more time on the Net those days as the average teenager does. Especially when I was in college, as I went to one with computers and Ethernet ports available in almost every room. I remember I got in trouble with a professor once for browsing the Net instead of paying attention in class.

Now, it is true that at that time, cell phones still weighed 5 pounds a piece and only the most expensive plans featured any Net access, so the whole SMS texting issue wasn’t as big, but I DID cause my parents fits by tying up the phone line so I could access the Internet through old-fashioned dial-up.

And of course, almost every “classic” family sitcom of the 1980s features at least one chatty teenager, usually a girl, spending most of her time on the phone, even with friends they’d just said “bye” to in person 5 minutes before.

As schaeffer said, all this technology is, are tools. Now, one problem I DO think is inherent to mediums such as Twitter is how short the tweets are, and how they tend to exacerbate people’s tendency to express themselves in shallow sound bites; but politicians and celebrities were doing that WAY before anyone even though of the Twitter concept.

 

[Neofight]

[BIBLEDRB][/BIBLEDRB]

Yes because this is a discussion. Do you randomly hang up on people in the middle of a phone conversation? I’ll assume not. My point is that Christian charity demands that we assume that everyone is honest unless there is concrete evidence of dishonesty.

Isn’t to “assume” what I may or may not do as “rude and rash” as asking for honesty? I guess the old axiom of “when we point a finger at someone else, thee more are pointed back at ourself” holds true!

 

[KendraDZ1902]

Social media helps me keep up with friends from high school and sorority sisters from college. It helps me keep family updated on what I’m doing, since I don’t live near home. If it wasn’t for Skype, I would go 6+ months without seeing my husband’s face.

If you don’t like it, don’t use it. It isn’t bad, though.

 

[Scottgun]

Isn’t to “assume” what I may or may not do as “rude and rash” as asking for honesty? I guess the old axiom of “when we point a finger at someone else, thee more are pointed back at ourself” holds true!

Rather than go round and round I will leave the last word to you with the following propositions:

1. People are entitled to a good reputation. That means we should assume people are truthful and honest unless there is a real reason to think otherwise.

2, Most people who say “be honest” or some variation don’t do so out of malice (i.e. I assumed nothing about motivations), but rather bad habit of speech.

1. Even if not said out of malicious intentions, it is still rude because the comment itself is condescending and implies dishonesty, and thus, ought to avoided.

 

[Nelka]

I don’t care about any of those, I have one app on my mobile phone which I use for running.

 

[Lost_Wanderer]

Why post all your personal information and opinions online for everyone to know and for facebook to keep forever in their database?

Because there’s more to social media than putting personal information online and sharing personal opinion in one company’s database.

Then again, what’s wrong with that? You share your personal information with a lot of people already, with or without FB. I find it rather ironic that the OP is calling for increased socialization when the people I meet who proudly display their ‘off-the-grid’ practices are the most unsociable, unreachable, and downright paranoid bunch. I can’t say that’s the stuff of being sociable.

the 90s and how much fun everybody had? thats because apple products and social media weren’t invented yet and people could just have fun with each other!!!

Funny. The only thing I remember back in the 90s was a miserable childhood full of bullying and societal rejection. Then again, maybe that’s why I thank God for the internet. It makes it easier to connect with people who aren’t going to call you a nerd because of particular topics.

Many people think socialization is as easy as 1,2,3 but you want the truth? It’s nothing more than an overrated state of mind. You’re only as sociable as you’re comfortable in your own shoes.

You can cut off the internet, close the social media accounts, and have me live with a bunch of strangers in the hopes of ‘curing’ me of my social media ‘addiction.’ I guarantee, you will only frustrate yourself trying to get me to care about the exact same topics as everyone else.

Second perk to being a bullied kid: You’re not depressed about not fitting in to anyone’s idea of being sociable.

 

[Hobbes42]

Just like Lost Wanderer-I was one of the bullied kids.

Sans internet, I’d just be another introverted, socially isolated person.

It’s something I use to connect with people.

I think the popular nostalgia about “them good ol’ days” to be extremely silly and blind. Times have always been “getting worse” to each and every person in each and every day.

Before the internet, it was telephones that were “replacing socialization”. Before telephones, it was “telegrams” that were doing it. And before telegrams, it was those darn written letters! Why write a letter when you can hop on a carriage and travel 4 weeks! Lazy whippersnappers!