I had a sudden insight into why social media applications like Twitter have no appeal to me. Maybe it occurred to you long ago. I live in a world of organic Twitter. I constantly run into people who do not know how to have intelligent conversations. They just ramble on about everything that pops into their head. Thus you will get a recital of everything that has happened in their life since the last time you saw them.
It is possible that the masses of people who are addicted to Twitter and Facebook have lived their lives in that kind of environment. We used to have a caricature of the Valley Girl. The adjectives would be boring, insipid, and self centered. Conversations were liberally salted with “like” and “you know” and “just”. For these kind of people the inane nonsense of the social media is a warm fuzzy blanket of familiarity.
Of course even on Twitter there is a scattering of pithy comment and important information. It is simply a matter of not caring about how many squares of toilet paper you used today. I don’t want to wade through the vapor to get to the meat.
In personal relationships I need to be polite and often I can learn to avoid certain people. With the social media all I have to do is ignore it.
homo unius libri
I've never tried Twitter. I know that by careful selection, I have a group of mostly Christian, intelligent, conservative, rational "friends" on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteSince I have you on Facebook I don't need to go there. Your memes are a must check even if they keep trying to block you.
DeleteGrace and peace