Comments on: the meta of twitter http://www.moritherapy.org/article/the-meta-of-twitter/ making lives better, making better lives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Evan http://www.moritherapy.org/article/the-meta-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-664889 Evan Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/?p=1432#comment-664889 Thanks for an interesting topic. I guess the social media breaks down and reinforces social isolation. My partner and I email each other articles and such when we are in the same room on our computers. I suspect it changes how comfortable people will be face to face - though I think it will be a generation before we see how this works out. The culture of social media seems approximately middle US. It'll be interesting to see what happens as China becomes the world power. I think twitter and other social media allow us to gossip with more/different people. This seems to be the function increasingly of some magazines and reality TV and so on. This seems to me to be a way of creating a shared world of meaning. No bad thing to my mind but I do have some views about what meanings we should share. I think the medium can affect what is communicated. Deeper analysis and discussion won't occur in 140 space grabs. But facebook is different for instance. People are not (only) about information. Perhaps we could come up with a new name for social media connections rather than 'friends'? How about "smate" = social media mate? .-= Evan´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wellbeingandhealthnet/~3/14_1nywVc4U/" rel="nofollow">The Benefits of Modesty</a> =-. Thanks for an interesting topic.

I guess the social media breaks down and reinforces social isolation. My partner and I email each other articles and such when we are in the same room on our computers.

I suspect it changes how comfortable people will be face to face – though I think it will be a generation before we see how this works out.

The culture of social media seems approximately middle US. It’ll be interesting to see what happens as China becomes the world power.

I think twitter and other social media allow us to gossip with more/different people. This seems to be the function increasingly of some magazines and reality TV and so on. This seems to me to be a way of creating a shared world of meaning. No bad thing to my mind but I do have some views about what meanings we should share.

I think the medium can affect what is communicated. Deeper analysis and discussion won’t occur in 140 space grabs. But facebook is different for instance.

People are not (only) about information. Perhaps we could come up with a new name for social media connections rather than ‘friends’? How about “smate” = social media mate?
.-= Evan´s last blog ..The Benefits of Modesty =-.

]]> By: Ian | Quantum Learning http://www.moritherapy.org/article/the-meta-of-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-664781 Ian | Quantum Learning Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:49:06 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/?p=1432#comment-664781 Lot's of great questions! My own experience is that social media brings me more contact than I would have with my extended family and friends - especially as we are geographically all over the place. It's not a substitute for face to face time but is an extension. It has also extended the circle of those I call friends - a couple of whom I've even met face to face, which I wouldn't have done without (in this case) Twitter. Twitter (and IM generally) is surely changing language. One factor is the international nature of the media which develops a more universal form of English - and also develops new forms. My current favourite is 'my bad' which I've now heard move from IM/social media into spoken English. I also think our relationship to knowledge has to change. No longer are there a small number of recognised sources, but a whole range of sources. Which needs us to be more discerning about what we believe and what we don't. Lot’s of great questions!

My own experience is that social media brings me more contact than I would have with my extended family and friends – especially as we are geographically all over the place. It’s not a substitute for face to face time but is an extension. It has also extended the circle of those I call friends – a couple of whom I’ve even met face to face, which I wouldn’t have done without (in this case) Twitter.

Twitter (and IM generally) is surely changing language. One factor is the international nature of the media which develops a more universal form of English – and also develops new forms. My current favourite is ‘my bad’ which I’ve now heard move from IM/social media into spoken English.

I also think our relationship to knowledge has to change. No longer are there a small number of recognised sources, but a whole range of sources. Which needs us to be more discerning about what we believe and what we don’t.

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