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HotSoapyBeard posted:My auntie followed me on instagram uh ohhhh People weren't meant to stay in touch with each other the way Facebook was. Now anonymity with funny pictures as avatars on a comedy forum, THAT'S how people should be making friends. 
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is there we could implement microtrans??? it's free2profile but if you want to upload pictures, text, privacy settings, etc you have to buy some BYOBBookBucks or BBBs and also they're 1000 for $200.
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BoldFrankensteinMir posted:I have a theory- you guys ever heard of an "extinction burst"? Simply put it's a burst of energy (often frantic and distressed) you experience when a conditioned idea stops working. The classic example is in a broken elevator, you push a button but nothing happens. So you push it again, and still nothing happens. Then, as the idea of "push button to make elevator go" dies, your brain goes into extinction burst, as you mash the button a whole bunch of times and grunt like a psychotic monkey. Huh that was really interesting. I wonder if that's why I experience and acute disappointment or annoyance when playing a game for awhile and it suddenly seems boring. After the boredom sets in, I get a lot of negative feelings in not understanding why, despite me trying to push the happy button, I'm not feeling any happier or entertained.
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super sweet best pal posted:I really don't like how the internet's become homogenized. Used to be you'd join a forum that was primarily about the thing you were interested and they'd have subforums where you'd talk about other things with the people who joined because their main interest was the same as yours. (like how SA is mainly a forum for a comedy site) These days everyone joins the same big sites and if you want to talk about cars you talk about them with car guys, you talk about movies with movie guys, etc. It feels isolated, instead of talking about your tertiary interests with people who share the same primary interest, you're generally talking with people who have it as a primary or secondary interest. I think the internet became less about niche communities and more about literally everyone being apart of one big thing where everybody is supposed to know everybody and it makes it easier to play morality police and call out one person with possibly sketchy evidence of them being a pedophile/terrorist. there's no real privacy anymore. once upon a time people valued privacy a lot more and minded their own business, but modern news and the internet has people so well informed and freaked out that they MUST know what their neighbor is up to at all times- hence Facebook. the only true virtue on the internet is anonymity because the minute you put a spotlight on yourself and become an "e-celebrity" that means being subjected to this insane level of scrutiny. even on SA if you gain a high enough of a profile and made a few particularly bad posts that poo poo can follow you for the rest of your internet career. it used to be easier to pick up and move on to another forum (or town) but at this point everyone leaves so much of an internet footprint that it makes stalking and doxing simpler. I'm not saying that these people shouldn't be called out for dubious behavior either especially when their opinions are supposedly meant to be taken seriously, but it's become too easy for someone to tweet or make a Reddit post with unsubstantiated evidence presented in a myopic fashion. I think it can be damaging to people who didn't really deserve it, and it forces people to choose sides over stupid poo poo too. it's a real "with us or against us" mentality. you either fade into obscurity a like (???) or live long enough to see yourself become Schmorky. that's just my hot take anyway. I think you're definitely right about it being harder to form "real" communities though. instead of trying to connect to a small group of like-minded individuals it's about connecting to EVERYONE ON THE PLANET. I hear people use the phrase "echo-chamber" a lot referring to Reddit and I think that's essentially accurate.
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Conversation is a lost art. My GF and I are on our phones a lot, and I'm willing to concede that it's because I know that I have a limited attention span and bore very easily, probably a side effect of how I grew up (I'm really bad. I usually keep a monitor on running some kind of television because I like the background noise). regardless though, we still have really involved and excellent conversations because the two of us know how to give and take. in my last relationship, most of our conversations were mainly relegated to me making a long point and her saying "Mhm." I can also say I strongly agree with Precision saying that texting and chatting is more likely to create arguments and misunderstandings because of the lack of tone, physical gestures, etc. This was how most my fights with my ex started- through text. Me and my friends all range from mid to late twenties, and we don't seem to have too difficult of a time just hanging out, maybe have a few drinks or smoke a little, and playing some video games while we all talk about something. I guess what I'm saying is that to me, this is millenialism at it's best. Sure, we all check our phones and prefer playing a game to watching a movie because it's a little more involved, but we don't forget that that there are other people in the room or NEED to be connected to others who aren't there through our devices. What is a problem though is hanging out one on one with anyone who's not my GF or whom I would consider my best friend. I used to think that it was because a couple of them just had difficulty generating abstractions and critical thinking but now I'm starting to wonder if it's something more than that. My one friend will also occasionally send me snapchats of him hanging out with other people  I have no idea why.That's another problem I have with facebook and new social media- it's not enough to just hang out with people but you also have to let the world know how much fun you're having at all times.
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