The New York Times yesterday had a great article about the latest digital fad — “ambient awareness.” Being aware of hundreds or even thousands of other people’s lives, while still not even necessarily knowing any of them.
Ambient awareness is a term to describe …
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I use Livejournal, which none of my friends use, although one or two know I have this, they never bother with checking it.
I have been using it for pretty damn long compared to other blog hosters like Blogger, and I am pretty sure its because of the people there. But then again, Livejournal is an actual blog, where you get to write pages, if you want to, and well. I don’t know about other people, but I have gotten to know so many people across the world well because of it. We start with a small comment, like ‘Haha, you’re funny.’ And then it gets longer and longer from there, like conversations in slow-motion.
One of them, I think she knows even more about me personally than any of my friends whom I know in ‘real life’.
Don’t underestimate the power of psychology! Twitter and related apps and practices trade heavily in the psychology of anticipation, expectation, and possibility. The fact that so many tweets go unanswered may say something about how we use the medium, but it’s not enough to stop people from posting. Because this time might be different… Tweeting is a simple and easy gesture — kind of ritualized refrain perhaps: “I’m here.” For when one is not doing anything (!).
cheers,
adrian
Tweeting is a hollow exercise. Kind of like virtual pets from a few years ago. I have yet to see one twitter that was amusing or worth the trouble. Boring, trivial, busy work. Read a book. Much better value.
I have a twitter account and I went through the process of who I wished to follow, etc. Most of the follows I receive are for business purposes, promoting themselves, etc. The tweets are too short to be of any real interest (obvious and mundane). I read articles and comments online all the time and some are actually quite good and worth my while. Generally, twitter is too boring!