Polyglot Incarnate

erinnk:

http://socialmediatoday.com/index.php?q=SMC/72690

The author of this article clearly has a negative view of Twitter. He does have some good points that I agree with.

I especially like “Nobody is listening, even fewer people care” and “It feels like a two-way connection but it’s not.”

I don’t…

Okay, first I have to say it’s pretty funny that the title boasts 12, and yet there are only 11. But that minor detail aside, I really appreciated what he said about the false sense of being part of a community. I think that this is one of the reasons I am hesitant to use social media and interact with people I don’t know through it. Written text often does not communicate the sincerity (or lack there of) behind words. Emoticons do not compensate for this. It’d be worrisome to me if a false sense of security was created by having a network of friends online. I think that this is his best point.

Signing off-

Alice

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