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it's a sad thing - as technology makes it easier to connect and communicate with people, the less people actually care. sure you may have a bazillion friends on facebook, from co-workers to the cousin of the uncle of the wife of the daughter of your elementary school teacher's third nanny during summer. numbers high, but actual relations are low. they see a familiar face, a familiar name, and people click add friend. do they in fact care about the lives of these people? logic would say yes, because why in hell would they add them? others would say it's for the numbers. regardless, when it comes to the important stuff, things go different. with so many people posting, the news feed gets longer and longer. in the end, you only really care about the few, the rest just get scrolled over (i guess that's how those "like if you love, scroll if you hate [insert deity/person/whatever here]" posts started.) social media sites then turn into digital battlefields. war of the likes, thumbs up, faves etc etc. the true purpose of such things end up lost.
but wait, there are those of us who use it for actually connecting with our actual friends. good for you then. don't tell me tho that you've never posted something and simply assumed everyone has read it, that they've been informed. or that you've glossed over something critically important to another simply the way it was presented wasn't interesting enough. or that you've completely missed something because it was not posted. you've never done any of that? good job.
anyway, thing is, it won't go away. or at least that what we believe. that's why no matter how many contacts you have showing up online on your contact list you can't be bothered to drop a simple hello. "what for? i can contact them anytime!" you'd think. or maybe you go "but i read their posts, i know what's happening in their life. i don't need to talk to them." until they don't go online. a day. a week. a month. some person's dad doesn't have a facebook account and couldn't tell the world his son/daughter is dead. let's see you contact them now.
"so what's the point? quit social media sites? what do you fucking want from me" you ask. i dunno. what do you think? don't tell me technology also robbed you of that ability.
but wait, there are those of us who use it for actually connecting with our actual friends. good for you then. don't tell me tho that you've never posted something and simply assumed everyone has read it, that they've been informed. or that you've glossed over something critically important to another simply the way it was presented wasn't interesting enough. or that you've completely missed something because it was not posted. you've never done any of that? good job.
anyway, thing is, it won't go away. or at least that what we believe. that's why no matter how many contacts you have showing up online on your contact list you can't be bothered to drop a simple hello. "what for? i can contact them anytime!" you'd think. or maybe you go "but i read their posts, i know what's happening in their life. i don't need to talk to them." until they don't go online. a day. a week. a month. some person's dad doesn't have a facebook account and couldn't tell the world his son/daughter is dead. let's see you contact them now.
"so what's the point? quit social media sites? what do you fucking want from me" you ask. i dunno. what do you think? don't tell me technology also robbed you of that ability.