The Innovation of loneliness...

[Paul the 6th]

Another outstanding production which Vimeo has thrown up in my feed. Some really interesting points. Maybe I should spend less time thinking of funny rubbish to put on facebook...

It's only 4 minutes. Give it a watch..

Nice find, not sure if I understood some of the long words but it was quite interesting. Shared. Cheers. I am now more whole.

[Paul the 6th]

great use of irony and sarcasm Laurie B+

'tis a very interesting piece and articulates/realises some interesting trends which have been going on for quite a while now.

Quite a few people I know fit right in this group, who appear online as extremely popular, happy, balanced individuals, but they often talk about how they're actually unhappy with life, wrapped up in what other people think of them, constantly disappointed with their relationships and how they don't really have any close friends they can rely on when things go sideways. Interestingly it's also these people that seem to have 1500+ friends on Facebook, with the ones who are struggling the most, having around 3,000 people on their contacts list.

"Collecting friends like stamps and converting the deep meaning of intimacy in friendships with exchanging photos and chat conversations"

[tigersaw]

It meant nothing to me, but I'm not a facetwit.
150 friends? Sounds like a nightmare.
A handful is plenty.

[Fallout]

The problem with FaceAche is that it is actually really useful. I know Spank has quit it a few times, only to be drawn back in because it's the way everyone organises real social events these days. Anyone not on FB tends to miss out on real social events, but at the same time it does become a substitute for real conversations as laid out in the video. It's a double edged chainsaw.

I'm old enough to remember how mates would phone each other to organise things, and it really wasn't that difficult, and talking about it is a million times better than half arsed facebooking.

Basically it sucks, but it feels like a necessary evil. It eats you up from one end, but provides opportunities at the other. For example, I've met two girlfriends through social media - one through music, who actually lived in Canada, and another from a dating site. Both became full on relationships which never would've happened otherwise. So social media is an excellent staging point for real life relationships, and so long as you see it as just that - a staging point - then it's a very valuable tool.

When it becomes a replacement for real conversations and interaction, it's extremely isolating.

Ive been juggling deleting it for good for a while now. I struggle with OCD and anxiety and find Facebook just compounds it by providing instant 'information' that feeds the anxiety about those i know. Hard to explain, but without facebook i find myself enjoying just 'being' more

2nd what SI said. By and large the people i know who have many good freindships and interesting lives barely touch facebook, whereas some people sit on it all day.

got bored after 1.5 mins, soz lol

[Bibio]

don't do faceache, never have and never will. if you like me then fine if you don't then that's fine also, it puts my neither up nor down.

[Fallout]

Good job I don't like you then, isn't it?

[BanannaMan]

Facebook is a nesessary evil for me.
Don't like it, rarely use it.

As a business owner I have to be friends with other area business owners and contacts from work, as well as being friends with my wife's friends and other people that I don't care to share my personal life with.
So it's nearly useless for me unless looking for the latest gossip.

Er, do watch what you post there.
A friend asked me about some people that were being considered for a higher up public position at his work. (all of whom I know)
First thing I said when I saw the list, "I really hate to say this but if you were friends with this one on facebook, his name would not be on this list."


There are some sad people there, yes with 1500 friends
and yes they post everything they do, all day, everyday as if anyone really cares that they ran to the store this morning or what they're having for dinner, or when they went to bed.
However if it makes them feel important, I suppose there's no real harm in it.
Opium for the masses.