Shorts
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Not So Social
Social networks have taken away all the fun out of actually sitting down to have a conversation with your friend(s). You can no longer ask “So, what’s been happening in your life?” if you’re both on Facebook together. You already know what the answer is going to be, and that bit of the conversation dies right there.
When everything your friend does gets aggregated back to you within an hour, it becomes a virtual tug of war between who is doing the observing, and who is out there doing things.
Why does my Facebook remain dead most of the time? Because when I do something, I’m focused on doing that; absorbing and learning from it. I don’t think of taking pictures to later upload, or frantically update my status to tell my friends what’s happening. That way, when I talk to someone who wasn’t there, I have something to tell them that they don’t already know. Even if it is a (hypothetical) party. A hundred pictures pretty much tells the story for you, leaving nothing for you to add.
Sue me for wanting to talk about my past week without you already having made up your mind about it.
PS. Facebook is just an example. I am of course talking about every other social utility tool available today too.
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