Alone on The Internet

[captain_slinky]

I'm so tired of the monosyllabic grunting and nodding of FaceBook. Three-Hundred-And-Fifty "Friends" over there giving the illusion of connectivity when all we're actually doing is reposting memes and clicking "Like", maybe if you're in a particularly talkative mood you can reply with a "LOL" or "NICE!" before scrolling on to the next meme. Even original posts, stuff that people took the time to writ out and share with the world, is only a line or two at the most for fear that everybody will scroll right past it because it's too long.

I miss *writing*, and I miss READING what other people WRITE. I miss the back-and-forth dialogue. I miss jumping in to a thread and making new friends. I miss challenging friends to write! In short, I miss LIVEJOURNAL. I think everyone has forgotten how to communicate, in favor of just trying to make sure their voice is among the loudest in the room.

Amazing how alone these "Social Network" sites can make you feel, isn't it?

Comments

[dagna76.livejournal.com]

OMG!! I JUST wrote about this on my FB, and got quite the backlash for it. How dare I question the use of nothing but meme communication! This is some transhumanism, NWO stuff, I swear.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

LOL! Welcome to my little outcast social network; it's made up of people who have been shunned for our disdain of social networks :)

Maybe if we use the Quick Meme Generator to put our unpopular opinions about memes on to a background picture of George Carlin or something, pople will start "Liking" us more?

[dagna76.livejournal.com]

Nope, even my memes are unpopular. Im ok with this.