Dan, it's a good idea. You and I have discussed this topic a few times, and you know that I agree with it. I too need to take a step back from social media every so often, especially when I feel myself being sucked in so deep that I'm not being social in the real world. Reading books, being creative, doing professional work all suffer when when we get too involved with the tools of the web. It eventually becomes overwhelming and as a result, detrimental to our creativity, education, and health. Thanks for pointing this out, and I hope that you keep doing so, if only to give the rest of us some perspective as well.
sarah vela
· 10 months ago
Dude, that edition of Poetics is so awesome.
Glad I got to be an "IRL" part of your social life last week.
Kris Vollmer
· 10 months ago
very interesting!!
Doug_Quance
· 10 months ago
That's probably good advice for everyone.
I'm ready to cut off the news, as it's nothing but doom and gloom... which made me think of this song from yesteryear:
There's a balance between "having fun" and "becoming a prick", and I THINK I've managed to avoid becoming a prick. At the very least, social media isn't part of my personal identity, but making friends is a huge part of who I am. So I try to keep the social media interactions to people I am friends with or would like to be friends with, and I avoid trying to grow any of my networks unorganically. (My two major projects are my blog that I've had for almost 5 years and the Rob+Amber podcast that keeps up with people we already know and love).
I also keep personal things private, and wish others would do the same. Everyone knows my deep hatred of this: "Ho-hum. I'm going to send this sad little tweet so a bunch of people say 'awww, what's wrong buddy?' to me."
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Glad I got to be an "IRL" part of your social life last week.
I'm ready to cut off the news, as it's nothing but doom and gloom... which made me think of this song from yesteryear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppzcj7Be1AQ
I also keep personal things private, and wish others would do the same. Everyone knows my deep hatred of this: "Ho-hum. I'm going to send this sad little tweet so a bunch of people say 'awww, what's wrong buddy?' to me."