Wombat2112
Banned
Damon Caskey
I hope I chose the appropriate forum for this type of discussion but today I read your piece from May on "Slacktivism" and I found it very interesting and insightful. I wonder sometimes (although I may have some engaged in some slacktivism myself lol) if social networking and media are always healthy avenues for everyone. It can be a wonderful thing to see how people grow and change from sharing pictures of children and family as well as significant key events in our lives such as weddings and graduations but it can also become a path to vanity. I often comment on news posts and forums and enjoy being able to do so. I always vote in not only every presidential election but mid-terms and local elections or referendums and have attended and been vocal at town hall-like forums. I try to contribute to charitable works especially in my community. But with things like "selfies" often I recall posts indicating "Eating dinner @KFC with(whoever) at (specific time) and thought well...does anyone really care to know that much to know that amount of detail? To be fair perhaps posts such as those are really intended for a small specific group or persons a select few those who are closer to us, best of friends, immediate family who may be more interested than a classmate or friend who has relocated long distances and it's the becomes the new best way to "visit".
It's interesting how quickly social media and networking have become so much a part of the current culture. In the last decade or so. Now almost anyone can be reporter or internet star on some level. We all are who we are but often I find in the virtual realm identities can stray from reality in portrayal. Hopefully the easy access and current free flow of information is accurate and handled responsibly for the most part. From personal experience I have seen often pictures with text where the entire premise was false or inaccurate. I wonder sometimes if we tend to gravitate towards "truths" that are more convenient to what one wants to hear other than fact. It can be very easily done today as opposed to times like the American revolution or even the Roman Empire. One can't help but wonder how the internet would have been implemented at different times in history.
I really enjoyed the read and found it to be very interesting and thought provoking.
I hope I chose the appropriate forum for this type of discussion but today I read your piece from May on "Slacktivism" and I found it very interesting and insightful. I wonder sometimes (although I may have some engaged in some slacktivism myself lol) if social networking and media are always healthy avenues for everyone. It can be a wonderful thing to see how people grow and change from sharing pictures of children and family as well as significant key events in our lives such as weddings and graduations but it can also become a path to vanity. I often comment on news posts and forums and enjoy being able to do so. I always vote in not only every presidential election but mid-terms and local elections or referendums and have attended and been vocal at town hall-like forums. I try to contribute to charitable works especially in my community. But with things like "selfies" often I recall posts indicating "Eating dinner @KFC with(whoever) at (specific time) and thought well...does anyone really care to know that much to know that amount of detail? To be fair perhaps posts such as those are really intended for a small specific group or persons a select few those who are closer to us, best of friends, immediate family who may be more interested than a classmate or friend who has relocated long distances and it's the becomes the new best way to "visit".
It's interesting how quickly social media and networking have become so much a part of the current culture. In the last decade or so. Now almost anyone can be reporter or internet star on some level. We all are who we are but often I find in the virtual realm identities can stray from reality in portrayal. Hopefully the easy access and current free flow of information is accurate and handled responsibly for the most part. From personal experience I have seen often pictures with text where the entire premise was false or inaccurate. I wonder sometimes if we tend to gravitate towards "truths" that are more convenient to what one wants to hear other than fact. It can be very easily done today as opposed to times like the American revolution or even the Roman Empire. One can't help but wonder how the internet would have been implemented at different times in history.
I really enjoyed the read and found it to be very interesting and thought provoking.