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Switch it off for the sake of humanity email is more than enough. Now I have Linked-In, Yammer, oh and Goodrea....We are all victims to inundation from social media. I can't have Twitter on - it just drives me nuts.
Call me a dinosaur, but I don't have Twitter nor Facebook and have no wish to get on them. The problem I see in this 'instant socializing' is the dilution of socializing by superficial contacts with a multitude of people, most of whom will never be close to us. I have seen too many times other people at work or around me living in their electronic bubbles, unable or unwilling to truly socialize and exchange with the others directly around them because they are so 'busy' texting with every electronic contact they have. I had once a supervisor (young guy full of himself) whose desk was less than ten paces away from mine, yet who gave me my assignments by email and rarely came to discuss work matter directly with me. The same supervisor was once discussing with me (finally), when his smart phone rang. He immediately turned his back to me and walked away while talking in his phone, acting as if I had just stopped existing. It enraged me! What we need is more meaningful and deeper socializing with the people close around us, not this often senseless, shallow electronic blabber. We are losing the art of personal intercommunication because of those electronic 'social' channels.
For me, the worst part is that when people have a message they want to give to the masses, they make a 1 hr video. Most of the time the message probably could have been given in a few sentences. I say probably because if I see that length of time, I switch off.
When the phone company first allowed people to know when another call was coming in, a few of my friends would say - while we were talking - that they needed to put me on hold. I found that rude and always hung up. I feel the same way about people who want to pause our conversation to look at their phone. It's rude. Unfortunately, many people don't see it that way.
Michel wrote: "Call me a dinosaur, but I don't have Twitter nor Facebook and have no wish to get on them..."Is not having a Facebook profile some kind of unwritten (or maybe written) understanding between ex-/current army, security, intelligence community?
Maybe it's not as widespread elsewhere, as I thought, but I find that Face, Twit and others combined pale in comparison with booming whatsapp exchanges, groups and all -:)
Nik wrote: "Michel wrote: "Call me a dinosaur, but I don't have Twitter nor Facebook and have no wish to get on them..."
Is not having a Facebook profile some kind of unwritten (or maybe written) understandin..."
Actually, no. That is a purely personal choice of mine.
Is not having a Facebook profile some kind of unwritten (or maybe written) understandin..."
Actually, no. That is a purely personal choice of mine.
This particular dinosaur actually has a Facebook page. I have no idea whether it has any value at all. I refuse to go on Twitter.
Some organisations do prevent profiles by contract including teachers advised not to have a real name as their profile if they use it at all. Lots of posting rules from companies too.
As wonderful as it is, for many the day becomes filled with constant beeps of arriving messages, pics, videos and whatnot.
And not to mention terrible things that happen in kids group, where less delicate kids can cause drama with a couple of uncaring words, written in class group...
It's also the best medium for proliferation of fake news.
Have you encountered this phenomenon? How to deal with the onslaught? Is instant socializing always beneficial?