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> I mean getting to know someone, exploring their interests and hobbies That might have been true of the first decade of the new millennium, when Last.fm was
by Mediterraneo10 7y ago
> I mean getting to know someone, exploring their interests and hobbies
That might have been true of the first decade of the new millennium, when Last.fm was in its heyday, Goodreads was more popular, and Facebook had a very different algorithm for its feed. But today, Facebook's interface does not really highlight that kind of depth in your peers, and much of the younger generation has moved to Instagram which is centered around the uploaded photo and so misses out on those interests in life that are not so photographable.
- WilTimSon 7y agoFacebook and Instagram are just the two most popular examples but stuff like forums, group chats, reddit, Twitter, tumblr, they're all social media (or social media-adjacent, I guess) and people make friends there all the time. I do think Facebook might be beyond the point of no return but even Instagram has these huge communities of people posting book photos or pets, which is vapid but innocuous and harmless, at the very least.
- Ntrails 7y agoEvery single stranger I developed an online based friendship with was a small community. I don't understand how you can do anything meaningful in a conversation with 2000 people - but 20 people in a chatroom/forum/etc mucking about? Sure.