YomToxic wrote: "social networks" are supposed to connect more people, it seems to me like it, in many ways, encourages us to put up walls and think of ourselves as separated in a larger way than forums do."
I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. I thought social networks knocked down barriers like alcohol knocks down inhibitions?
We had a conversation in the AJAX chat once, about the difference between people and people. The general populace, given full access to individuality without fighting for it, simply runs rampant from their own perspective and values, with no moderation what so ever. On a forum, people in general (mostly those with at least one braincell and more) think twice before they post something or post an opinion, because they are not in control. The mods/admins control the forum, and thus the people become "disciplined". But on a social network where you have your own space, every person gets the "my way or the highway" possibility, resulting in anarchy and quite frankly, retardness.
Why I say that, is because when one looses moderation from others, one must moderate oneself. And people hate disciplining themselves, since they want this and that, and cant be stopped from "attaining" it when given the chance, acting like spoiled children. So naturally, people get drawn to social networks because it makes them become like todays politican or big company bosses. They get full control, but also tries to use it to escape any and all responsibility.
And thus, there is only a few in every part of humanity, who i think are truly "fit" for social networking, while i think a forum can be adapted to anyone, as long as they keep in the line of common sense (unless the mods and admins are retards of course lol). Before social networking, forums was your only choice unless you kept yourself to IM programs like msn and AOL, or other programs that actually connected people etc. , where as now, people are free to do whatever.
I've said it before and i say it again. Freedom is not being able to do whatever you want, because that often rolls over someone elses freedom. And thus, the "connecting" of social networking only happens to those who can handle it. The rest does as they do in real life to people. Act like assholes without consequences. And those who are actually fit for social networking, know who they are. Those who are not, convinces themselves that they are, or have no clue.
/end rant
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