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"It's easier to share an image, maybe with a short caption, rather than composing a post, and consuming friend's stories are quicker than text posts since you d
by ipv6ipv4 4y ago
"It's easier to share an image, maybe with a short caption, rather than composing a post, and consuming friend's stories are quicker than text posts since you don't need to read."
I don't want to invest the time and effort to really connect with people.
"It's a more efficient/faster way to know what my friends and family are up to and it prompts me to communicate with them more."
So I pretend.
"I may be an outlier but I'm very bad at remembering to text/call/email friends if I don't see them regularly"
In general, I can't be bothered to care about other people.
Meaningful connections with people require time, effort, and care. There are no shortcuts.
- nicolashahn 4y agoYou woke up and chose violence today, didn't you? Or is it just so impossible to believe that a social media product actually promotes pro-social behaviors?
- ipv6ipv4 4y agoWhat you are describing is not pro-social. It's anti-social. That's the problem. Clearly, I failed in conveying that message.
- avgcorrection 4y agoDo you connect with people by judging them?
- oska 4y agoThe feedback given was what a therapist might give, or even just what a self-help book might tell you. I don't see it as judging, I see it as stripping away rationalisations.
- hbn 4y agoThe poster above was not describing a replacement for meaningful connections. You can do both. I have closer relationships with a select group of people, but there's others where it's fine if we only keep up with each other as much as instagram stories and occasional quick chats allow.