Is social media making people less sociable?

[Cyclone]

Never use social media as what would be the point.

 

Ah, here's the real point of your post. You don't use it, you don't understand why other people use it, so you're looking for a reason to say "it's a bad thing".

 

As to the point, I can give you a short list;

Easy way to share photos with a group

Easy way to share feelings/opinions with a group

Easy way to organise group events

 

There are more, but those are the top 3 things I use it for. The phone wouldn't be appropriate for any of those, and email would be either less efficient or just not appropriate.

[ubermaus]

Ah, here's the real point of your post. You don't use it, you don't understand why other people use it, so you're looking for a reason to say "it's a bad thing".

 

As to the point, I can give you a short list;

Easy way to share photos with a group

Easy way to share feelings/opinions with a group

Easy way to organise group events

 

There are more, but those are the top 3 things I use it for. The phone wouldn't be appropriate for any of those, and email would be either less efficient or just not appropriate.

 

I use certain platforms just not for the purpose described.

 

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See i would argue the best way to share feelings and opinions is one on one or phone.

 

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Take Twitter. Its a great tool for advertising. Pumping out posts and building a following. Not for social. For me taking pictures and posting your life is not social in the pre 2004 sense of the word.

Social is actually talking to people!

[skinz]

Take Twitter. Its a great tool for advertising. Pumping out posts and building a following. Not for social. For me taking pictures and posting your life is not social in the pre 2004 sense of the word.

Social is actually talking to people!

 

That's where lies your problem.

[Cyclone]

If I read a newspaper article and have an opinion about it, I'm not likely to phone 200 people to tell them about it, particularly as only 10 might care about that topic, and I won't know which 10.

[Mandem]

I have only just joined FB and I have reconnected with my cousins in Dundee, and also Australia. I am friends with my niece in South Africa, so I would say it is a good medium for a lot of things, but not 24/7.

[ubermaus]

That's where lies your problem.

 

How so? Dont get the point.

 

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If I read a newspaper article and have an opinion about it, I'm not likely to phone 200 people to tell them about it, particularly as only 10 might care about that topic, and I won't know which 10.

 

I would call that media distribution.

Social? Not for me.

[Cyclone]

Call it whatever you like, the "social media", ie facebook, make it possible for me to have a discussion with any of my friends who are interested in the topic, very easily.

 

You were the one who didn't know "what would be the point" to using social media. Now you know at least 1 point (and the others I listed that you ignored).

[ubermaus]

Call it whatever you like, the "social media", ie facebook, make it possible for me to have a discussion with any of my friends who are interested in the topic, very easily.

 

You were the one who didn't know "what would be the point" to using social media. Now you know at least 1 point (and the others I listed that you ignored).

 

Well you are supposed to put your opinion across. The op was a question. Its not a competition. Calm down.

[vwkittie]

Can't speak for everyone but personally I'd say definitely not.

 

I do have people on my FB who I haven't met and probably never will, met through shared interest forums etc. They're on there to chat about said shared interests. Without FB I'd simply not do that.

 

I also have people on there who are 'real life' friends. FB make it easy to keep in touch with people who live far away, and arrange weekends away etc. I'd say FB make me more social not less.

 

I don't understand why people have this strange notion that because you use FB (or whatever) you must ONLY use that and never see anyone or do anything in real life. Maybe SOME people are like that, but they'd likely be like that with or without social media.

[ubermaus]

Can't speak for everyone but personally I'd say definitely not.

 

I do have people on my FB who I haven't met and probably never will, met through shared interest forums etc. They're on there to chat about said shared interests. Without FB I'd simply not do that.

 

I also have people on there who are 'real life' friends. FB make it easy to keep in touch with people who live far away, and arrange weekends away etc. I'd say FB make me more social not less.

 

I don't understand why people have this strange notion that because you use FB (or whatever) you must ONLY use that and never see anyone or do anything in real life. Maybe SOME people are like that, but they'd likely be like that with or without social media.

 

Maybe its the inordinate amount of time spent on laptop or phone. I like to go out in spare time and socialise.