DISQUS

feuermaus · 2 years ago

Oh God, not another Web 2.0 phenomenon. I'm sure it's great and all, but what happened to just IM and e-mail. I dunno, maybe I'm weird but I like *talking* to people! Properly!

coryobrien · 2 years ago

I'd agree that sometimes just *talking* gets overlooked too often, but I do think that twitter has some interesting possibilities if people use it and don't abuse it. Time will tell though.

feuermaus · 2 years ago

I enjoy all the exciting possibilities that the Internet can bring us, God knows I use it often enough, I'd be a hypocrite to say otherwsie, but I do get a little sceptical of all the chat/blog/interactive stuff that comes out heralding itself to be The Next Big Communication device. I've worked as a teacher and seen kids who can type faster than I can (and I can type pretty damn fast) but can hardly write legibly - can I go out on a limb and suggest that maybe all this time spent in front of the shiny box 'socialising' isn't actually of benefit. Sure, it means we get to meet all manner of interesting people: if it weren't for reading blogs I wouldn't have come accross DYH after all, but I'm also getting cagey about how much and where I put my 'details' on the 'Net as well.

Gome are the 'halycon' days of IRC chat and MSN Profiles... I'm now just waiting for the intergral USB hub that connects directly into my sinapses and instantly downloads my thoughts to screen. ;)

Yes, I'm a cynic, so sue me.