Posted by alexandra_k on December 22, 2013, at 14:36:09
In reply to Re: i don't like the internet anymore » sleepygirl2, posted by Phillipa on December 22, 2013, at 9:25:26
> I've reconnected with people from High School, old home town, and joined some book clubs, found some really great authors, and at times talk with my kids on there. Lately it has been rather dead like here but then it's that time of years. Facebook to me is more real than babble.
There's your answer right there.
I don't have any desire to reconnect with people from High School or my old home town.
Facebook is more real...
That is kind of the problem.
It is a social networking thing. Which means there is pressure to manage your image. Or at least... There is for someone like me... Who... Needs to take effort to present a somewhat coherent face to the world.
It is interesting to keep up with people having kids... Getting married... Moving countries / universities...
Stuff that gives them a coherent and linear timeline. Probably like what my last t was trying to get out of me.
I guess mostly people just post little odds and ends about things they find interesting. Some of them are. Get to read about the housing market in San Fran and about various conferences around the world.
Maybe it is just that in the past I got side-tracked by the stupid little games. Then I didn't want my colleagues to know I was playing them (and I certainly didn't want a lot of notifications about them in their newsfeeds)... Ugh.
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