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Today’s netbased social interaction is getting lazier and lazier. Writing long eMails to you friends? Nope. Send a nice eCard with a personal note? Nope. Chat with them for hours via IM? Nope. Write a blog entry or comment on a posting? Nope. Write a Tweet (max 140 keys to press)? Nope.

We are now just down to one click to "connect" to your friends and tell them you are "with them".

Less and less context and "social stickiness" is created with these tools. It’s more like "rating" relationships and friends instead of creating your mutual "carpet of friendship" by creating unique actions and interaction.

orangeguru (2009-04-18 | 16:38) | Permalink
Tags: internet, netlife, online communities, Social networks

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'The I-Like-Generation'

Diego

April 21st, 2009 at 04:34

This lack of social interaction among net users is bizarre to me, and yet in my internet travels I’ve picked up obsessives and stalkers merely because, I believe, I have responded more like a human than a bot. I like to write and I can’t get any serious criticism because so many people simply don’t want to read anything longer than an avatar.

This is communication??

Guru, is there another way?

orangeguru

April 21st, 2009 at 19:04

@Diego: Thanks for your comment.

I agree with your observation: sometimes the web seem only to be populated by sociopaths or ignorant people.

Trying to be human makes one either the perfect target for madmen or vampires.

I personally have cut down on most so called “social networks”, because they are not “social” at all. And most people simply don’t care, they are like non-sticky pans.

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