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Sun Jan-23-11 08:09 AM
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| 50. It doesn't simply isolate people from reality, it distorts reality. |
| -Social networking under fresh attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US |
Turborama |
Jan-22-11 08:13 PM |
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"say a rising number of academics.." |
bbinacan |
Jan-22-11 08:21 PM |
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Academics agree, but still want to know how to re-tweet. |
Safetykitten |
Jan-23-11 12:36 AM |
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I find this interesting since Goldman Sachs is selling FB |
molly77 |
Jan-23-11 05:12 AM |
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Why the slur on academics? |
Ruperto32 |
Jan-23-11 12:05 PM |
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Hey Ruperto32 |
WhiteTara |
Jan-24-11 08:21 AM |
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Yes, I'm so totally isolated. |
Hissyspit |
Jan-23-11 05:09 PM |
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An academic in |
bbinacan |
Jan-24-11 05:33 PM |
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Ah yes, those pesky, pointless elitist "academics." So nerdy and useless. |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Jan-23-11 10:45 PM |
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I think it's because students want to know if there's a 140 character limit for their essays n/t |
justiceischeap |
Jan-24-11 01:16 PM |
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texting is the worst IMO... |
msongs |
Jan-22-11 08:26 PM |
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I prefer email. |
Atypical Liberal |
Jan-22-11 11:51 PM |
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It's like a little email |
Confusious |
Jan-23-11 02:25 AM |
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It also focuses people when they have to write it up |
treestar |
Jan-23-11 09:54 AM |
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This. |
Codeine |
Jan-23-11 10:14 AM |
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I find texting to be immensely useful and convenient. |
Edweird |
Jan-23-11 12:27 AM |
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Are you being sarcastic? |
kath |
Jan-23-11 01:33 AM |
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Wat? |
Edweird |
Jan-23-11 02:23 AM |
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I was wondering...how old are you? Or are you serious? |
forty6 |
Jan-23-11 02:32 AM |
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40 going on 26. My cell plan has unlimited everything. |
Edweird |
Jan-23-11 02:46 AM |
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You don't have to be young to be a texting person. |
Codeine |
Jan-23-11 10:10 AM |
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I text my wife |
christx30 |
Jan-23-11 01:00 PM |
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+1 Exactly! |
Codeine |
Jan-23-11 10:08 AM |
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I won't consider a phone that doesn't have full QWERTY |
Edweird |
Jan-23-11 12:27 PM |
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I also love texting. Simple, gets the point across easily. |
krabigirl |
Jan-23-11 12:52 PM |
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True, but there's a definite 'stay off my lawn' vibe going on here. |
Edweird |
Jan-23-11 02:33 PM |
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LOLOL |
Skittles |
Jan-24-11 04:40 AM |
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Care to elaborate? |
Edweird |
Jan-24-11 01:47 PM |
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I agree. I don't text and I won't read incoming text messages |
Lorien |
Jan-23-11 01:08 AM |
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"ones eyes can be focused on the road" |
kath |
Jan-23-11 01:35 AM |
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My attention is always on the road, period. I'm 45 and I've never been in an accident |
Lorien |
Jan-23-11 03:01 PM |
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I find it useful to text to a friend I see almost everyday. |
Confusious |
Jan-23-11 02:26 AM |
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The people with whom I exchange texts |
Codeine |
Jan-23-11 10:13 AM |
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I love texting. |
Codeine |
Jan-23-11 10:03 AM |
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When your job consists of talking on the phone 8 hours a day, |
Alexander |
Jan-23-11 10:11 AM |
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I text all the time |
tabbycat31 |
Jan-23-11 04:05 PM |
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I don't agree with the idea that these people are "isolated" |
Hydra |
Jan-22-11 08:52 PM |
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I do |
MikeW |
Jan-23-11 09:05 AM |
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Funny you say that |
Hydra |
Jan-23-11 09:40 AM |
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They are isolated in their own little ghettos |
dickthegrouch |
Jan-23-11 12:36 PM |
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FWIW I agree mostly with the thesis about Facebook, Twitter and cell phones, but I reckon DU gets a |
Melissa G |
Jan-22-11 08:57 PM |
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The real cause is overworking - we don't have time for friends |
DragonSlave |
Jan-23-11 04:09 PM |
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*YAWN* Old Farts complaining about "Kids These Days". So predictable. |
Odin2005 |
Jan-22-11 09:01 PM |
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Not so quick |
Plucketeer |
Jan-22-11 09:08 PM |
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"bobby-sockser on a party line" |
yodermon |
Jan-22-11 10:17 PM |
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I caught it, and I'm 38. |
boppers |
Jan-23-11 12:49 AM |
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I was shocked to see a cyclist using a hand signal |
kentauros |
Jan-23-11 03:53 AM |
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It's something like this... |
BuelahWitch |
Jan-23-11 12:28 PM |
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Odin: Something you may not get.... |
boppers |
Jan-23-11 12:56 AM |
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then why do so many neurotypicals talk on the phone so much? |
Odin2005 |
Jan-23-11 01:39 AM |
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Listen to their phones. |
boppers |
Jan-23-11 04:36 AM |
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I cant wait until these people go full-on Gran Torino mode. |
Initech |
Jan-23-11 01:12 AM |
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I have a book "Sumerian Firsts" or some such & guess what they said back |
StarsInHerHair |
Jan-23-11 02:53 AM |
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I amuse myself by reading those sorts of posts |
Codeine |
Jan-23-11 10:18 AM |
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ROFL |
Edweird |
Jan-23-11 12:16 PM |
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Heh. I love the kids today. |
sofa king |
Jan-23-11 04:43 PM |
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If the cycles of history are anything to go by us Millennials will be very ambitious leaders. |
Odin2005 |
Jan-23-11 05:13 PM |
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Also a very well-read generation. |
sofa king |
Jan-23-11 07:30 PM |
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And they didn't have the Internet in 1930. |
Odin2005 |
Jan-23-11 07:55 PM |
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I'm less a believer in the idea that social media disconnects people though online video gaming may. |
MessiahRp |
Jan-22-11 09:06 PM |
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I agree - kids are the victim of a lot of negative consumerism |
DragonSlave |
Jan-23-11 04:12 PM |
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I'm in complete agreement. Worse yet, the dog has slipped its collar. |
elias49 |
Jan-22-11 09:42 PM |
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There are pros and cons, and certainly room for abuse |
bhikkhu |
Jan-22-11 10:11 PM |
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I kinda agree |
slay |
Jan-22-11 11:47 PM |
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I don't do Twitter either, but I've gotten more good than bad from Facebook. |
Lorien |
Jan-23-11 01:19 AM |
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Way more good than bad |
LeighAnn |
Jan-23-11 03:04 AM |
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Their view of us can be pretty eye opening, can't it? |
Lorien |
Jan-23-11 08:29 AM |
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you know, I think they're trying to blunt the Tunisian cyber-roots..... |
StarsInHerHair |
Jan-23-11 02:56 AM |
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Oh I was just talking about Americans using it to talk about crap like "Don't U luv my new haircut?" |
slay |
Jan-23-11 12:30 PM |
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It's like fast food. It's convenient, fast, has little substance and is not filling as regards |
Dover |
Jan-23-11 12:29 AM |
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Facebook and Twitter...Never done it...Never will... |
SoapBox |
Jan-23-11 12:43 AM |
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Why talk to someone face to face? |
boppers |
Jan-23-11 12:52 AM |
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I bet you want us youngins to get off your lawn, too? |
Odin2005 |
Jan-23-11 01:42 AM |
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Says the man posting to an internet message board. |
Codeine |
Jan-23-11 10:19 AM |
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Funny...When I see colleagues that I connect with on Facebook |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Jan-23-11 12:50 AM |
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academics complaining about technology |
mikeburetta |
Jan-23-11 12:55 AM |
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They don't have the best record on seeing technology trends. |
Safetykitten |
Jan-23-11 01:01 AM |
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Some do, some don't. |
boppers |
Jan-23-11 01:18 AM |
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More "Bowling Alone". Again. |
boppers |
Jan-23-11 01:29 AM |
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I think some of this is pure poppycock ... |
Trajan |
Jan-23-11 01:33 AM |
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I'm not sure that's the kind of social media interaction Turkle is referring to. |
Prometheus Bound |
Jan-23-11 02:12 AM |
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I don't do facebook its just way too much info to put out there to be used... |
Historic NY |
Jan-23-11 01:57 AM |
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Facebook is overall a social evil. |
Smashcut |
Jan-23-11 02:14 AM |
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+1 |
Prometheus Bound |
Jan-23-11 02:16 AM |
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All internet social networks eventually fall prey to porn and marketeers |
Evasporque |
Jan-23-11 07:30 AM |
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The tee vee does the same thing. |
Joanne98 |
Jan-23-11 07:58 AM |
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It doesn't simply isolate people from reality, it distorts reality. |
rug |
Jan-23-11 08:09 AM |
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It's post-reality! |
jkappy |
Jan-23-11 01:01 PM |
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"We're an empire now, and we make our own reality" ... nt |
bemildred |
Jan-23-11 09:51 AM |
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It keeps me in touch with people I would not otherwise have |
treestar |
Jan-23-11 09:53 AM |
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Look, language is a form of insanity. Mathematics is certainly a form of insanity. |
Peace Patriot |
Jan-23-11 09:54 AM |
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Yep, we are way too successful for our own good. nt |
bemildred |
Jan-23-11 10:19 AM |
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kick nt |
plumbob |
Jan-23-11 09:59 AM |
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I am loving all the geezers in this thread pouring scorn on FB! |
Odin2005 |
Jan-23-11 11:10 AM |
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The old fuddy-duddyism is a bit much! |
Carni |
Jan-23-11 01:31 PM |
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You may want to upgrade your phone to be able to text. |
Edweird |
Jan-23-11 06:06 PM |
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Yeah, I plan on it |
Carni |
Jan-24-11 05:19 PM |
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I'm 29. |
Smashcut |
Jan-23-11 09:03 PM |
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No, I'm 25 and I rarely use a cell phone. It's just the bashing that annoys me. |
Odin2005 |
Jan-23-11 10:31 PM |
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I don't care about people texting any more than I care about what religious drivel they believe |
Skittles |
Jan-24-11 04:44 AM |
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Almost as good as the... |
LanternWaste |
Jan-24-11 11:17 AM |
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Yeah, DU gets a pass, heh... |
MellowDem |
Jan-23-11 12:38 PM |
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A little texting isn't a bad thing. |
crim son |
Jan-23-11 01:43 PM |
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so academics say i should pay long distance to stay in contact |
reggie the dog |
Jan-23-11 02:46 PM |
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ERROR: Posting error * Subject field must not be blank |
saras |
Jan-23-11 04:58 PM |
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"...the "real world" that many social media critics hark back to never really existed. |
Edweird |
Jan-23-11 05:48 PM |
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+1,000,000 You got it exactly! |
Odin2005 |
Jan-23-11 07:56 PM |
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I used to talk to people all the time. On the train, at the grocery store, when I take a walk. etc. |
ipaint |
Jan-24-11 07:25 AM |
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bigworld LIKES this |
bigworld |
Jan-24-11 11:21 AM |
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I have something like 200 "friends" on FB |
Politicub |
Jan-24-11 01:14 PM |
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I wonder if Professor Turkle wrote her book in the privacy of her own home or office. |
GodlessBiker |
Jan-24-11 01:19 PM |
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I disagree. If you dissent, the online community gives you a sense of how broad that dissent is |
yurbud |
Jan-24-11 01:42 PM |
#108 |
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