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Just as much, if you consider what it would be like, who would want to be stuck on a martian mining colony ... without any social networking. Social networking
by joe_the_user 7y ago
Just as much, if you consider what it would be like, who would want to be stuck on a martian mining colony ... without any social networking. Social networking might have it's downsides but it's rather a boon to people stuck in areas of extreme boredom and isolation.
The thing one can regret about the aesthetics of modern life, including social networking, is that it's made the uniqueness of places less (a social network and the Internet generally lets you be everywhere and yet nowhere and makes everywhere kind of the same). But I can't see martian colonies making human places more unique given such colonies would have to have a very uniform structure dictated by a harsh environment.
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoI'd love to hang out on the martian web. Sounds cool as hell, and a lot healthier than earth web.
- itronitron 7y agoyou could create one here on earth, and sell connected 'pods' that people could live out of from their parents' basements (only half joking)
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoNow I want to write a browser extension which simulates earth-mars latency.
- pmiller2 7y agoWouldn’t be hard. Just execute every request with a ~20 minute delay.
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoNaive implementation. Distance flucuates from 3-20 light minutes over time, and would have to double that for a round trip. Plus have to factor in EM interference and line-of-sight.
- buboard 7y ago"social networking" with martians would be a lot like email, light speed is a bitch
- pmiller2 7y agoYou seem to believe that Facebook and other traditional social networking sites are the only way to alleviate boredom and isolation online. Usenet and more traditional web forums also fill this need and don’t need to make billions of dollars, so they aren’t as infested with privacy violations and intrusive ads. I’d take that over all the Facebooks and Facebook wannabes out there in a heartbeat.