The Internet is such a skewed place, riddled with double standards. Everyone is expected to share the good times with all and sundry, but when you're in pain and deeply hurting, you're expected to just shut up and not tell a soul; there's no place for you.
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @TheMogMiner
I'm sorry you're in that spot. I've thought long and hard about this and have come to the conclusion that the internet is hardly the place for either my joy or my sorrow. I can't stand the broadcast/news-bulletin approach we've all been having since the dawn of social networks.
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I have come to cherish one on one communication with people that actually, deeply know me or are sincerely interested in getting to know me and I've realized that, in the end, social networks have pushed us away from that "model" of communication.
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @webscream
I would argue that it depends on who you really seek out as contacts on places like Twitter. Out of the thousands who follow me, most are most likely bots, or kids who followed me during the Mojang days and never got around to unfollowing. However... (cont'd)
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @TheMogMiner
(continuing) I greatly enjoy Twitter's utility for holding conversations, and generally being in contact with fellow retro-gaming enthusiasts, graphics folks, and other people that generally overlap in the Venn diagram of my interests - and I cherish each and every one.
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @TheMogMiner
Oh absolutely! I agree 100% on this approach. And, with all that I said, I am still a "different strokes for different folks" kind of person. If anyone actually feels better by sharing important moments, good or bad, on social media, hey, that's great.
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I know that sometimes it's easier to talk to someone you don't even know; I grew up when IRC was all the rage and I did just that, all the time. But it was different, cause I was still having one-on-one, sometimes even very intimate conversations.
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Likewise. I still feel like there's a part of me that's missing since IRC's popularity went into decline. I still use it, it's the primary way to engage in live chat with members of @mamedev_org by hopping onto Freenode, but it's nowhere near what it was.
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Vastauksena käyttäjille @TheMogMiner ja @mamedev_org
I've abandoned it ages ago, but I've kept at least one good friend outside of it. The cool thing I remember from IRC is how people actually organized to do these huge channel meetups in person. I feel like the whole purpose, other than plain fun, was deeper human connection.
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