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>It is, it really is. Maybe we have extremely different feeds, but I mostly just see junk updates like: "walking the dogs", "just had breakfast", "just got hom

>It is, it really is. Maybe we have extremely different feeds, but I mostly just see junk updates like: "walking the dogs", "just had breakfast", "just got home from work", "yay friday", "look we are at bar/party/gathering", "argh! mondays suck" Then there are some random quiz/ad/lottery things. And random pictures of people's kids/pets. I get much more human interaction out of IRC and Discord, places where you can actually talk and not just like and comment.

zimpenfish 9y ago
> I mostly just see junk updates See, if you're calling things like those "junk updates", I'd venture the problem is on your end. > Then there are some random quiz/ad/lottery things. Those I will agree do not count as human connections. > places where you can actually talk and not just like and comment. How is commenting not "talking"? Unless you're restricting "talk" to solely mean "synchronous discussion" which is madness.
- nextlevelwizard 9y ago
  >See, if you're calling things like those "junk updates", I'd venture the problem is on your end. There is just no value in these updates. Who cares you just ate a plate of casserole at home? What value is in griping over Mondays? I'm always globbed in with "millenials", but I feel anything but one. I see no value in any of the social media sites everyone seems to use. Maybe just because I don't know how to use them, but in the past I've tried in vein updating them, but I never have anything meaningful to say and I am definitely not going start posting pictures of the shit I eat.
  - zimpenfish 9y ago
    > Who cares you just ate a plate of casserole at home? Ok, you don't care but you are not the world. In my experience, people ask what was in it, what recipe you used, how you cooked it. > What value is in griping over Mondays? Again, in my experience, it leads to a sharing of experiences.
- coldtea 9y ago
  >See, if you're calling things like those "junk updates", I'd venture the problem is on your end. And I and the parent would venture the problem is in your end. >How is commenting not "talking"? Unless you're restricting "talk" to solely mean "synchronous discussion" which is madness. Talking implies empathy, actually listening to the other, back and forth, etc. Merely commenting on some crappy post about ones vacations or food or pet or some political slogan and such (which is what it usually is) with at best 2-3 one sentence reply reactions is not exactly it, or it's a very low and basic form of it.

zimpenfish 9y ago

> I mostly just see junk updates See, if you're calling things like those "junk updates", I'd venture the problem is on your end. > Then there are some random quiz/ad/lottery things. Those I will agree do not count as human connections. > places where you can actually talk and not just like and comment. How is commenting not "talking"? Unless you're restricting "talk" to solely mean "synchronous discussion" which is madness.

nextlevelwizard 9y ago
>See, if you're calling things like those "junk updates", I'd venture the problem is on your end. There is just no value in these updates. Who cares you just ate a plate of casserole at home? What value is in griping over Mondays? I'm always globbed in with "millenials", but I feel anything but one. I see no value in any of the social media sites everyone seems to use. Maybe just because I don't know how to use them, but in the past I've tried in vein updating them, but I never have anything meaningful to say and I am definitely not going start posting pictures of the shit I eat.
- zimpenfish 9y ago
  > Who cares you just ate a plate of casserole at home? Ok, you don't care but you are not the world. In my experience, people ask what was in it, what recipe you used, how you cooked it. > What value is in griping over Mondays? Again, in my experience, it leads to a sharing of experiences.
coldtea 9y ago
>See, if you're calling things like those "junk updates", I'd venture the problem is on your end. And I and the parent would venture the problem is in your end. >How is commenting not "talking"? Unless you're restricting "talk" to solely mean "synchronous discussion" which is madness. Talking implies empathy, actually listening to the other, back and forth, etc. Merely commenting on some crappy post about ones vacations or food or pet or some political slogan and such (which is what it usually is) with at best 2-3 one sentence reply reactions is not exactly it, or it's a very low and basic form of it.