There's something happening somewhere
I'm not entirely sure why I'm not writing as much as I used to. Topics are there, but sitting alone in the apartment in front of the television seems to lend itself more to consuming media (from both the internet and the TV) than creating my own. This consuming and not contributing made me realise something.
I realised that though I love talking about social media and love reading and thinking about their effects on the modern world - I'm actually outside a lot of it. I don't use Twitter, I don't use Tumblr, and I no longer have a Facebook. I do have Yammer (for work), but have never posted anything on it (mainly because we were never told what sorts of material would be appropriate for it, and because all of work is on it). LJ is slowly and steadily on the way out, but here I am. I don't think Flickr is considered one of the big players of social media, but I love it though I don't tend to using the socialising aspects much.
I don't know what that means. Am I more enthralled by social media because I'm separate from it? Am I not a part of it because I love it on a macro level, and couldn't bear to sully that with micro annoyances inherent in dealing with people whose only fault is that they are not me?
I do miss Facebook, at times. I liked using it as a halfway point between my LJ and my offline life. My real name and photographs were available, linked to some of the things I discuss here like politics and comic books. Things I don't normally share unless I'm very very comfortable because you'd be surprised how many people are still pretty dismissive when it comes to comics. I've had one guy say to me while I was reading a comic at lunch that I was too old to be reading those. I just smiled at the time but wished I could have been direct about how little I care about a stranger's opinions of my reading material.
Anyway.
I'm wondering about whether these feelings will end up with me opening a new Facebook account, or maybe even trying Twitter. Who knows? I just wish the social media trends lent themselves more to long rambling entries like LJ. Thankfully, blogs are still around.
I suppose I am just feeling especially isolated right now, which makes me think these sorts of things.
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Listening to: Tegan & Sara - Dancing in the Dark (2/15/06 Melbourne)
via FoxyTunes
I realised that though I love talking about social media and love reading and thinking about their effects on the modern world - I'm actually outside a lot of it. I don't use Twitter, I don't use Tumblr, and I no longer have a Facebook. I do have Yammer (for work), but have never posted anything on it (mainly because we were never told what sorts of material would be appropriate for it, and because all of work is on it). LJ is slowly and steadily on the way out, but here I am. I don't think Flickr is considered one of the big players of social media, but I love it though I don't tend to using the socialising aspects much.
I don't know what that means. Am I more enthralled by social media because I'm separate from it? Am I not a part of it because I love it on a macro level, and couldn't bear to sully that with micro annoyances inherent in dealing with people whose only fault is that they are not me?
I do miss Facebook, at times. I liked using it as a halfway point between my LJ and my offline life. My real name and photographs were available, linked to some of the things I discuss here like politics and comic books. Things I don't normally share unless I'm very very comfortable because you'd be surprised how many people are still pretty dismissive when it comes to comics. I've had one guy say to me while I was reading a comic at lunch that I was too old to be reading those. I just smiled at the time but wished I could have been direct about how little I care about a stranger's opinions of my reading material.
Anyway.
I'm wondering about whether these feelings will end up with me opening a new Facebook account, or maybe even trying Twitter. Who knows? I just wish the social media trends lent themselves more to long rambling entries like LJ. Thankfully, blogs are still around.
I suppose I am just feeling especially isolated right now, which makes me think these sorts of things.
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Listening to: Tegan & Sara - Dancing in the Dark (2/15/06 Melbourne)
via FoxyTunes