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If you only leave online media to news/facts, it's not a social network at all. It's an online news paper or a user manual. You don't have to be social online,

If you only leave online media to news/facts, it's not a social network at all. It's an online news paper or a user manual. You don't have to be social online, but getting angry at people for socializing on a social network is definitely anti-social. People have spoken over the phone and have had pen pals for a very long time, so "we have come to that" a long time ago.

jader201 5y ago
Your confusing having social media/phone/pen pals as alternative vs. it being required to be social. I never implied that being social over social media is wrong. The GP, however, was implying that by not engaging in social media (or, using your examples, phone or pen pal) is antisocial, which I argue is wrong. If engaging in social media is the only way to be social — or, to put it another way, if by not using social media socially you’re considered anti-social — then Facebook et al. have won.
GreenWatermelon 5y ago
Not necessarily. IRL, If I don't enjoy hanging around someone, I just won't hang around them. same goes gor social media. If I have a few friends who share my interests, I'll keep following them, but some friend who keeps spouting stupid stuff? I'll avoid them IRL and on Social Media. If uncle Joe keeps talking about conspiracy theories in family gatherings, I'll keep away as much as possible. I hang withy friends on Discord. we talk daily and game together.
- maximus-decimus 5y ago
  The conversation wasn't about filtering out people you don't like, it was about filtering out anybody who shares anything personal. The real life equivalent would be stopping to talk to your uncle because he tells you he likes Italian food or went on a trip to Europe and you only keep speaking to people who talk to you about global warming or stuff that actually "matters". That how the person treats his friends online and the argument is if it is anti-social to do that on social networks.

jader201 5y ago

Your confusing having social media/phone/pen pals as alternative vs. it being required to be social. I never implied that being social over social media is wrong. The GP, however, was implying that by not engaging in social media (or, using your examples, phone or pen pal) is antisocial, which I argue is wrong. If engaging in social media is the only way to be social — or, to put it another way, if by not using social media socially you’re considered anti-social — then Facebook et al. have won.

GreenWatermelon 5y ago

Not necessarily. IRL, If I don't enjoy hanging around someone, I just won't hang around them. same goes gor social media. If I have a few friends who share my interests, I'll keep following them, but some friend who keeps spouting stupid stuff? I'll avoid them IRL and on Social Media. If uncle Joe keeps talking about conspiracy theories in family gatherings, I'll keep away as much as possible. I hang withy friends on Discord. we talk daily and game together.

maximus-decimus 5y ago
The conversation wasn't about filtering out people you don't like, it was about filtering out anybody who shares anything personal. The real life equivalent would be stopping to talk to your uncle because he tells you he likes Italian food or went on a trip to Europe and you only keep speaking to people who talk to you about global warming or stuff that actually "matters". That how the person treats his friends online and the argument is if it is anti-social to do that on social networks.