Lee's thread on 'social networking sites' got me thinking.
I can honestly say that I've never spent more than a few minutes at a time on myspace or it's competitors. Hell, i don't think I've ever been to facebook. I find it completely boring and useless. It's just seems like trivial garbage to me. 'My favorite movies', 'my friends', 'my favorite music'... who gives a shit? And those stupid messages with super lame graphics that people leave on other people's pages... 'Thanks for adding me!' (insert picture of a cute puppy face or bouquet of flowers). UGH! And don't get me started on the eye-destroying designs of people's pages!
Do people really want digital friends? Are people really that lonely or bored? Do they ever actually make REAL friends or at least have real conversations like we do on boards like GWW?
Maybe it's a generational thing that I don't understand. Or maybe it's because I'm anti-social (I was the kid at school that waited around for other kids to come up to me and make friends). Or maybe it's just a silly fad that will go away soon.
What do you all think?
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