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I keep finding that these new features by various internet companies are pushing me towards becoming a more social person. I'm not sure whether or not I'm comfo
by garply 17y ago
I keep finding that these new features by various internet companies are pushing me towards becoming a more social person. I'm not sure whether or not I'm comfortable with that, but suddenly things like my email are pushing me much more into the lives of tangential acquaintances - and the temptation is great to participate and reciprocate by bringing them more into my life by giving them more personal information, so I often do.
- diN0bot 17y agosame here. actually, though, this is awesome. i only recently started using facebook (< 1 month). i was surprised by how cool it was to see friends i'd known but fallen out of contact with. i wanted to connect with them....but facebook is confusing and strange for me. plus, some of my closer friends, the ones i do keep up with, don't have facebook accounts, or if they do, they still responded over email instead. email is where i connect with people, organize events, share. i mostly use it for work, but it's still what i go to for the few connections i have. putting social connections in my email app has been awesome because it's allowing me to talk to folks in an app i'm already comfortable with. sure, everyone else has had myspace, aim, facebook, cellphones, even twitter, for ages. maybe it's just coincidence that i wanted to jump on the bandwagon now. or maybe a nerd company has finally scratched the social itch in the right way :-)
- alexro 17y agoGoogle chat was there right in your gmail for ages, did you find it inconvenient for contacting old friends?
- perlpimp 17y agogoogle should've integrated chatroulette instead. just #?@! and giggles.