A little out of touch

[Seoul_Panther]

On 12/03/2018 at 8:04 PM, arbnranger said:

Hi fellow huddlers, 

I trust and value you for your solid, logical (sometimes) and downright honest opinions. 

So I pose a serious, yet honest question to you and would like to here your answers.  The smart ass answers are welcomed and expected as well, but want your honest vibe. 

To start.... I don’t have any social media other than Snapchat .. those friends are 90% my family. I recognized a couple years back that the younger part of my extended family operates on there. So hey, it’s a good way for me to stay in touch with nieces and nephews, cousins, hell even son and daughter. (My kids act like they don’t see the notification on a text but will respond immediately to a snap ...ok yea right ) Well I got with the program. Pretty cool 

I’ve never had Facebook, Twitter, insta .. etc Now, that doesn’t mean I’m not familiar or know how they work. I just choose not to have them. In addition, I cut the cord about a year ago so I don’t watch any standard TV programming. I got the ole Flix and Prime so I do watch movies and shows just not regular TV, news or commercials. I visit the Huddle and Sherdog with possibly  abnormal regularity, so I do get a lot of news from you guys.

My point here is that I’m a little cut off from the hive mind and current events. Not saying there is something wrong with being a part of it, but I find myself in a lot of situations where I don’t know wtf is going on . 

What I would like to know is, do you think your social media/tv is a good or bad thing overall and why? Feel free to discuss the ones you enjoy most and why. 

Btw this isn’t a judgy post whatsoever. I chose not to have social media out of personal preference but I respect different tastes and perspectives. Just curious 

 

Thought provoking thread OP. I use facebook as an online diary. I love seeing reminders of past events and my own observations on the development of my son. I have been making use of privacy settings so that only my wife or close family can see the majority of what I post. I'm not fond of attention seeking posts by others whether heartfelt or otherwise. It seems to me that for many people the lines have blurred in terms of keeping things to yourself and understanding what is appropriate. However, i have been living in Asia for 8 years now and FB provides a window into the lives of my loved ones back home, too. Although I phone as often as possible I find that looking at my feed can be more insightful than a conversation in which their mind is elsewhere. It will be interesting to see how/ if that changes when I emigrate to an Englishy speaking country this time next week. I think I will continue to browse but likely post more infrequently.

 Now my wife was explaining twitter which seems to represent many of the aspects i like least in FB. From her point of view as a networking and idea sharing resource as part of her masters it makes good sense.

 I know little about snapchat or instagram but I am rather unwilling to find out about other platforms which would consume my time.

  If anything my desire is to step back from social media and reinvest time in reading which is much more satisfying and rewarding for me.