tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674499.post2738793231724863048..comments2023-08-21T01:49:12.486-07:00Comments on ~ Dougressions: Social media reveals our anti-social tendenciesDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622075019954975761noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674499.post-27885662444246715052011-07-11T19:07:04.513-07:002011-07-11T19:07:04.513-07:00One of my "daughters" recently told me t...One of my "daughters" recently told me that she uses Facebook to keep track of people she wants to keep at "arm's length." I thought that was very funny. <br /><br />"Social media" isn't. At least for me.Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10651926840296438477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674499.post-25351907736242928812011-06-26T22:48:33.499-07:002011-06-26T22:48:33.499-07:00Thanks, Anjita and Brian, for acknowledging this (...Thanks, Anjita and Brian, for acknowledging this (even though blogs are so outdated in the online world--but let's not get into that).Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622075019954975761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674499.post-3900896825744464262011-06-26T17:47:35.448-07:002011-06-26T17:47:35.448-07:00Great Post Doug!!! I surely agree with your point ...Great Post Doug!!! I surely agree with your point of view. May be the social media is providing an aid to connect and network with our acquaintances which otherwise would have been difficult. However, I wonder if the constant beeping of the phone, checking and replying to text messages and Facebook comments when in meetings or get togethers is impacting our eye to eye contact and disrespecting other person's time and presence? Do we feel when spending exclusive couple hours chatting with one friend that we are out of the loop on updates about the masses (multiple friends)?<br />Btw, I have been a shy and reserved personality all my life until a year after I came to US. I have had very small circle of friends and had gone through pretty much the same experience that you have been. But if anyone sees me today, they will never know that I was a shy person 'once upon a time' :)DareDevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293581350617138044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674499.post-24734768428291227552011-06-26T08:07:45.711-07:002011-06-26T08:07:45.711-07:00I think you are spot on. It seems social media (f...I think you are spot on. It seems social media (for the moment) is merely altering behavior, but is having little affect on personality, temperament, nature or biology. Although I consider myself to be fairly tech savvy, and have always had a fair talent working with computers, I was certainly reluctant to jump on the Facebook/Twitter bandwagon. Why was this technology different from anything before it? I just didn’t get it. <br /><br />Or did I? Perhaps there was a bit of resentment toward the masses’ newfound facility and mastery over the internet. Perhaps I saw the early competitive popularity contest and mass narcissism and thought it wasn’t for me. Whatever the cause, I now find myself two steps behind the curve--forever a non-trendsetter with lack of vision.<br /><br />Some things never change. -lolBRWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13934243994000371780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674499.post-30192925415197203222011-06-25T21:20:05.406-07:002011-06-25T21:20:05.406-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.BRWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13934243994000371780noreply@blogger.com