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I've also noticed and observed this for a long time. There seem to be a lot of "this isn't new" and "who are you to say what's interesting" comments here, but t

by dwc 14y ago

I've also noticed and observed this for a long time. There seem to be a lot of "this isn't new" and "who are you to say what's interesting" comments here, but they are wrong and I can tell you why... As we all do, I know people in person with whom I'm connected on social media. In person, they know there's a social contract and they abide by it. They refuse to drone on with detailed trivia, because there'd be a price to pay, socially, and they're rather not pay it. But they check in on foursquare, relay that to twitter. They post what they're having at chipotle, which is not a unique gourmet experience. Ad nauseam. They would not dream of doing this in person because it would make them a boor. Yes, a boor. Let's not mince words. They know it. We all know it. The only people who do this in person actually are boors. But somehow it's OK if it's on social media? No, it's not OK. It's still boorish.

bpatrianakos 14y ago
Absolutely. I'm not sure about you but this boorish behavior really does spill into real life. People may not be describing every asinine detail of their life to you in person but when they pull out their phones to post status updates and pictures and check their news feed every ten seconds its basically the same thing and it makes them awful to be around. I only update my status when I'm alone and bored. Boring people seem to update their feed when they're in the middle of some action but still boring.
irollboozers 14y ago
Exactly. Bringing down the barrier of being a boor is not advancing my experience of your product. Also, this is a perfect example of the kind of shit that's permissible in on Quora, but not permissible in a room filled with 500 people. Sure it's great intended use of the website, but is it intended use of the user? http://www.quora.com/Seattle-WA/Who-are-some-entrepreneurship-groupies-in-Seattle http://www.quora.com/Seattle-WA/Who-are-some-entrepreneurshi...

by dwc 14y ago

bpatrianakos 14y ago

Absolutely. I'm not sure about you but this boorish behavior really does spill into real life. People may not be describing every asinine detail of their life to you in person but when they pull out their phones to post status updates and pictures and check their news feed every ten seconds its basically the same thing and it makes them awful to be around. I only update my status when I'm alone and bored. Boring people seem to update their feed when they're in the middle of some action but still boring.

irollboozers 14y ago

Exactly. Bringing down the barrier of being a boor is not advancing my experience of your product. Also, this is a perfect example of the kind of shit that's permissible in on Quora, but not permissible in a room filled with 500 people. Sure it's great intended use of the website, but is it intended use of the user? http://www.quora.com/Seattle-WA/Who-are-some-entrepreneurship-groupies-in-Seattle http://www.quora.com/Seattle-WA/Who-are-some-entrepreneurshi...