Tag: Social Media
Drowning in “Friends”
by Warren on Jul.26, 2009, under Internet, Learning, Social Media, Tutorials
I’ve been hearing a lot about Twitter lately, and while I do use it I don’t always enjoy it (which speaks to a certain level of sadism, but that’s another story altogether). I do, however, appreciate how aptly named the service is, because when used in a manner which some people seem to call “effectively” it really does end up like a flock of birds all trying to be heard over each other at once, and your real friends get lost in the chatter.
It used to be that people belonged to groups with distinct interests, had a distinct socio-econimic status, and maintained their presence within a distince geographical location. That geographical distinction was shattered with the advent of the internet, allowing people to broaden their social circles regardless of their place on this earth. The next one to go was the socio-economic distinctions as the cost and accessibility of the internet was scaled down to poorer and more rural areas.
