When I first joined Myspace, I thought it was fun place to hang out on the internet. Pics were up of ppl having a good time or hamming it up. You got to see peoples families and hear some music from their page. Then I noticed that people started doing some arguing over baby momma drama and high school threats were being made. I stopped going on myspace and entered the new social realm of Facebook.
Ah a break from the arguing and teen drama. Facebook appeared mature with no applications for music and other ghetto things going on. Facebook started off innocent enough, but like MySpace, soon people were arguing back and forth, airing other people’s business and just being TMI. UGH..I was bored with it.
Then I got into twitter. Wow, people were having good debates on twitter, starting funny trend topics without all the extra BS. Then even that started to turn into a nightmare when you had celebs like Mashonda (swizz beats ex wife) deciding to use twitter to express and give us details about her crumbling marriage. (Ugh, I think some things should just be private)
I myself was subjected to the seriousness of twitter when I had a really good friend unfollow me for no apparent reason (no..NOT HER…my real good friend I had for YEARS)
I don’t get it. I though applications like twitter were supposed to be FUN! Now it seems people are using them instead of communicating in person. They are using twitter to express their dislike and like for someone. People are using twitter to curse out people and start beef. Drama kings and queens use twitter to play the victim and get some co-signs. People use twitter to show their relationship status. People talk all about their kids on twitter. I just personally think some of this is TOO MUCH. What happened to being lighthearted on social apps?
I know I made a previous post on why can’t you find love on twitter. But finding love and relationships on twitter is fun, declaring your dislike or disdain for someone SERIOUSLY is NOT!! PERIOD!!! (I mean really…I express hatred towards a few of the ppl I follow but its not that serious for me. It’s all shyts and giggles)
I guess we are moving more and more towards communicating with people on these social applications and less in person. I guess our society is truly transforming towards an all digital communicating society. It has to be. Why else would you stop following someone on twitter because they said something you didn’t like? Why else would people use social applications to really and truly express something super personal towards someone? Why else would companies check twitter and Facebook prior to hiring you?
I mean come on. I just scroll past the posts I’m not interested in reading. I have un-followed people who seemed to be only spammers, but that’s just about it. You don’t have to be my friend for me to follow you on twitter. You don’t have to follow me for me to follow you. Hell, I don’t really have to “like” you to follow you. I am on twitter to past the time, to express dumb stuff, maybe vent a tiny bit about general things, to make people laugh, to laugh at other people, and to debate. I am not on twitter to make friends (although I have met some really cool folk from twitter). I am not on twitter to show how popular I am or get more attention.
But I guess I’m probably the only one who feels this way or one of the few.
Folks, are social apps replacing human face to face contact? Are social apps a reliable way to have serious personal communication with someone? Should twitter and other social apps be taken seriously since as a society we are using them more and more to communicate?
What does everyone think?
7 comments:
Funny! I was just thinking about writing a post on this exact same topic for another blog!!!
Yes, I think we are over doing it. I'll be more specific after I finish reading your post!
I think Social apps are crutches for a lot of people.
Social media is here to stay and it will eventually be brought back into some form of balance with other forms of communication.
Right now everyone is overdoing it and on to the next big thing. MySpace, FaceBook, and Twitter are all good imitators for actually connections, but there is no substitute for the real thing.
My best "for instance" is the fact that despite running multiple social networking sites, I still have legitimate pen pals (as in US Postal service). There is more power in the hand-written letter than people think these days.
Old school is a lost art and it will be appreciated again in retro.
I think one of the other issues with Social Media is that it allows anyone to feel like a celebrity.
That's all well and good when you know that it is just something you do for fun, but when you have people that take it all seriously, then it is out of hand.
Just as you mentioned how grown ass people get into E-beefs, people do extra just to get noticed. You then have people just out trying to out do one another just for attention.
I feel most for communication, grammar, manners, and old school values the most.
Oh, oh, I'm sorry.....I got off topic for a second.
Yeah I think socail networking is taken beyond too serious just like a lot of other things IMO,but yeah even tho' I dont have a twitter(yeah I'm Lame)but I did have a blackplanet and myspace back in the day so I can imagine how twitter is smh,but like you said its taking the place of person to person interaction in real life most people don't even know there neighbors but know every thing about a stranger that lives 100+ miles away(but then again that could be a good thing depending on how you look at life),plus people do put too much emo into everything you type and take what could be a good conversation or debate and turn it into a efamily feud like GTFOH its not that serious,most people especially young grew up socailizing on these socail networks if you really think about it and to some it may be there only way of conversing and talking shit so nobody wont punch them in there neck lol sike naw,but we already moved to another age of communications and as long as we got extremist everything going to get tooken out of content.
that cartoon is funny!!!
I think you put it perfectly and "yes", I feel that the social media is taking the place of 'talking in person'. It's a very unfortunate situation. I have a Facebook, but canceled my Twitter about 1 month ago b/c I just wasn't interested in somebody saying "they fell asleep on the bus".
I posted about this very subject the other day, but in the context of the ignorant and illiterate being all up and through that piece like some kind of toxin. Sadly, some of them are my family members...SMH in disgust. That is such another story though.
I just hope the people that are 'socializing' via these outlets can actually articulate in person too because that would be a sad situation if not.
I'll share with you my status on FB the other day: "Seriously wondering when "illiterate" and "ignorant" became cute...And why Facebook continues to set the stage for it. "Dear MySpace: Please come get your peeps!!!"
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