On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:45 AM Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri 12 Mar 2021 at 18:27:58 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 08:27:23AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > If they shun or ostracize you for not being on Facebook, they are > > > neither your friends nor your family. > > > > I don't know whether that hard position is always viable. I mean, > > I managed without Facebook (and *all* the others, btw.) but that > > may well be sheer luck. To think otherwise would feel... arrogant > > to me. > > How can "sheer luck" be a factor? My non-participation in Facebook > is due to a conscious decision. > > > And yes, I'm interested in understanding /why/ and /how/ people > > are sucked in: that's about the only way to do something against > > it. > > Perhaps they feel a need to communicate with a group. That's hardly > being "sucked in". Their choice, just like mine. Different midsets. > To imply it is not quite the best and there is something that should > be done about such a choice is simply vi vs emacs talk :).
βIn the old pre-technology days, it would have been almost impossible to replicate Facebook or Twitter. The closest you could get would be to mail dozens of postcards a day to everybody you know, each with a brief message about yourself like: "Finally got that haircut I've been putting off." Or: "Just had a caramel frappuccino. Yum!" The people receiving these postcards would have naturally assumed you were a moron with a narcissism disorder. But today, thanks to Facebook and Twitter, you are seen as a person engaging in 'social networking'.β β Dave Barry, I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood > >
