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One way I think of it is that friendship of yore was designed for a harsher, crueler world, with serious limits on how much one could broadcast. Today the oppo
by chipsy 15y ago
One way I think of it is that friendship of yore was designed for a harsher, crueler world, with serious limits on how much one could broadcast.
Today the opportunities to connect are plentiful; going online can feel like you're at a 24/7 party with a constant stream of new guests and new ideas, so long as you put in the _effort_ to set it up that way. If the only thing you do is add a few acquaintances to Facebook, the article is correct - you won't get any value out of it. But a strategy that has more specific goals in mind than "be friends" is only empowered by the social tools.
- itmag 15y agoOne strategy I've used is what I call a social honeypot. Ie create a project (in my case a magazine) which attracts a passive "income" of new acquaintances who are automatically selected (because they bothered to contact you) for compatibility.
- akkartik 15y agoHmm, perhaps it boils down to the paradox of choice. We have too many possible friends so we never take the time to invest in any of them. Also relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass