November 5, 2012
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hello?
Ever since the introduction of the internet, it’s made human interaction very interesting.
In some ways it’s awesome.
I mean i can chat to my cousin who lives in Singapore and discuss the housing market in Australia (win!)- Thank you Skype
I can see my friend’s children grow up in New York -Thank you email and facebook.
In some ways it’s not so awesome.
many people (including myself) think just because you have someone on facebook, twitter or read their blog.. it’s pretty much the same as having actual interactions with that other person. It’s not. It’s a trap, I, too have fallen too.
i mean it gives us a false sense of … well not security… but it makes us think that just because we read their facebook or twitter updates that we’re up to date with our friend’s lives or that it’s sufficient enough. In truth, it’s not. I mean people, including myself don’t update whether on facebook, twitter, xanga and those countless other accounts out there on everything. Especially not the ones that bother us. Most of the time, it’s about the really good stuff, or in my case “the annoying stuff” but that doesn’t mean it’s everything that’s going on or that matters.
Blogs, and the social network sites really just show one side of the equation… and unless a friendship is based on “one side of a person” then there’s something really wrong.
I guess if that’s what the friendship was built based on i.e someone ONLY reading the blog or just twitter updates.. then sure.
but come on- that’s a lazy friendship or almost one that’s not really in existence or lacking.
And like i’ve mentioned, I, too have fallen for that trap.. where i figured- hey ive been keeping up to date with X Y Z’s facebook’s page that it’s good enough or that i occasionally say hello to them on facebook/gmail chat that it’s the same.
Until of course, i went through the course of cleaning up the “friendship” list on facebook (half the people deleted were people who i wasn’t really friends with) and the other half were people who i should have bothered to make contact and hang out again but in reality too lazy to do something about it because hey- the convenience of the internet keeps me “posted”
which is kinda wrong.
and if you’re a friend who’s reading my blog and haven’t done anything other than keeping up to date with my life via my blog (and facebook updates).
what the hell man…
what the hell!
