Comments on: Those Social Network Friends are as Real as your RL Friends http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/ Sometimes I feel Like Writing Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: David Bradley http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-5054 David Bradley Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:41:34 +0000 http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-5054 I guested on Blah Blah Tech on this very subject. Online/Virtual friends are important and some of my oldest buddies are people I've only ever spoken to online. The item was entitled <a href="http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/11/face-beats-phone-beats-im-beats-email.html" rel="nofollow">Face Beats Phone</a> db I guested on Blah Blah Tech on this very subject. Online/Virtual friends are important and some of my oldest buddies are people I’ve only ever spoken to online. The item was entitled Face Beats Phone

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]]> By: Peety http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-724 Peety Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:47:13 +0000 http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-724 Sending you greetings from - the Touch web surfer.."hugs" Sending you greetings from - the Touch web surfer..”hugs”

]]> By: ob81 http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-703 ob81 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:56:42 +0000 http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-703 Always time for that Peety :) @Loren: Not only when bored Loren. Like I said, interacting with others online has become a big part of my internet usage. I rarely log on without at least communicating with some social network friend. @Heidi: I agree. I enjoy meeting people that are into things that I otherwise would not care for. It gives me an excuse to check it out, and I end up being more and more interested as time goes by. Pownce really played a big part for me as well. Always time for that Peety :)
@Loren: Not only when bored Loren. Like I said, interacting with others online has become a big part of my internet usage. I rarely log on without at least communicating with some social network friend.

@Heidi: I agree. I enjoy meeting people that are into things that I otherwise would not care for. It gives me an excuse to check it out, and I end up being more and more interested as time goes by. Pownce really played a big part for me as well.

]]> By: Heidi Cool http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-696 Heidi Cool Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:10:32 +0000 http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-696 Well said Howard! The online conversations are no less real than those with the people we meet in the real world. I think it's because the newer services such as Pownce and Streamy make it easier to self-select friends based on common interests and ideas. Last fall my mom and I went on a windjammer cruise in Maine with similar results. There were 30 passengers on board and we and the crew all got along very well. I brought books to keep me entertained but barely touched them because the conversations and stories kept me occupied. I think that group was self-selecting in that we were all people who wanted to be outdoors on the water, didn't mind primitive plumbing, were interested in learning more about the world at large and were likely to be more comfortable in flannel than in taffeta. People more interested in other things whether it be fashion or gambling just wouldn't have ended up on this particular boat. Our online groups work the same way. There are obviously groups online discussing topics in which I have no interest, but the online paths we follow lead us to those with whom we have more in common. This seems more true of things like Pownce than it did in the old Usenet newsgroups days. I think the new tools help make it work more smoothly. Well said Howard! The online conversations are no less real than those with the people we meet in the real world. I think it’s because the newer services such as Pownce and Streamy make it easier to self-select friends based on common interests and ideas.

Last fall my mom and I went on a windjammer cruise in Maine with similar results. There were 30 passengers on board and we and the crew all got along very well. I brought books to keep me entertained but barely touched them because the conversations and stories kept me occupied. I think that group was self-selecting in that we were all people who wanted to be outdoors on the water, didn’t mind primitive plumbing, were interested in learning more about the world at large and were likely to be more comfortable in flannel than in taffeta. People more interested in other things whether it be fashion or gambling just wouldn’t have ended up on this particular boat.

Our online groups work the same way. There are obviously groups online discussing topics in which I have no interest, but the online paths we follow lead us to those with whom we have more in common. This seems more true of things like Pownce than it did in the old Usenet newsgroups days. I think the new tools help make it work more smoothly.

]]> By: Loren http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-694 Loren Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:04:47 +0000 http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-694 I would say online friends are "close" but in a different way then friends you meet/see physically. Internet friends are great when your really bored, think of xbox live and the people you meet there. I would say online friends are “close” but in a different way then friends you meet/see physically. Internet friends are great when your really bored, think of xbox live and the people you meet there.

]]> By: Peety http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-688 Peety Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:20:49 +0000 http://ob81.com/2007/09/30/those-social-network-friends-are-as-real-as-your-rl-friends/#comment-688 This article hits "home". I hope to meet a few of my online friends when my finances permits me to do so. Unfortunately, most of my "friends" live abroad.. *hugs* This article hits “home”.
I hope to meet a few of my online friends when my
finances permits me to do so.
Unfortunately, most of my “friends” live abroad..
*hugs*

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