Okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration. I don’t love the “Like” button. Yet. I still need to wait it out to see what happens. What I don’t love is when I see things like this polluting my Facebook news profile: Bobby Sue Smith likes Telling FOX News to shut the hell up, Skittles, [...]
Here’s a unique idea about jealousy and social media, from neuroscience blogger Jonah Leher:
“Because these online tools collapse the space between people – we can experience a kind of intimacy with perfect strangers, learning about their breakfast routines and airport delays – we bring ourselves into “competition” with a far larger group. We’re suddenly comparing ourselves with people we’ve never met, and never will. While this pseudo-closeness can be fun, I think it also comes with some anxiety inducing side-effects.” [...]
A friend of mine recently had a negative experience not necessarily caused by social media, but certainly amplified by it. In response, she decided to “delete herself”—her words—from the social media sphere, at least for a while. No Facebook. No Buzz. No Twitter. Nothing. She’s not alone. As social media matures, more people are wondering [...]
Oh, Mashable. You’re like the sage grandmother of the social media world. You’re always right, and we always listen to you. And sometimes, you get us into a SM frenzy. Although I am constantly singing the praises of being super-connected and available, there can be too much of a good thing. I have been there, [...]
I’m in the middle of reading You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier (Author Site, Amazon). I have really mixed feelings about the book so far. In one respect, he talked about how many of the conventions of the past have locked us in to how we operate computers and use the [...]
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