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    Weigh In: Has the social media revolution devolved conversation?

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    2 hours ago, misteraven said:

    Question @DETO- You said that

     

    What do you mean by that? Do you actually discuss or is more that you get to see the occasional glimpse of what they're up to via social media and occasionally drop a comment? Not trying to trivialize your relationship or disrespect in any way, but the experience I seem to have and have read over and over again is that people think they're connected but in reality nobody is actually connecting. Saw and discussed this with @diggitywhere we literally been following each other from pretty near day 1. We've been friends in real life even longer and yet somehow barely spoke to each other via social media. Literally years going by with hardly even a comment. If anything, it made me more disconnected since seeing his post made me somehow feel like I was connected and didn't really have to make any more effort to keep up with him or what he was doing.

    THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, WE GET TO SEE GLIMPSES OF EACH OTHERS LIVES. WE TRY TO GET TOGETHER FOR FAMILY DINNERS EVERY SO OFTEN, BUT WITH KIDS, SPORTS, WORK IT'S HARD TO SEE EACH OTHER IN THE PHYSICAL FORM. 

    Weigh In: Has the social media revolution devolved conversation?

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    SOCIAL MEDIA IS FUNNY. AS MY INNER CIRCLE HAS GOTTEN OLDER, GOTTEN MARRIED, HAVE HAD KIDS, MOVED AWAY, ETC... SOCIAL MEDIA HAS HELPED US STAY CONNECTED. TO THIS DAY I HAVE 5 CLOSE FRIENDS WHO DON'T SEE EACH OTHER OR OUR FAMILIES VERY OFTEN, BUT WE STAY CONNECTED, MAINLY BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. YET I HAVE MADE "FRIENDS" WITH PEOPLE I WILL PROBABLY NEVER MEET, BECAUSE OF THIS WONDERFUL THING CALLED THE INTERNET. FOR INSTANCE, I DON'T HAVE CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS WHO ARE INTO THINGS LIKE GRAFFITI, PRO WRESTLING, MOVIES, SHOES, COMICS, BUT I HAVE MADE BONDS WITH PEOPLE ONLINE WHO SHARE MY INTEREST.  

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