My name is Joseph McBrayer. My goal: top result in Google search, but this web log is just a personal account of my current interests and activities.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Why can't I quit you?
Remember the days when you could just go home and ignore the phone (or unplug it if your day was that horrid) and you could just relax? With social networking, it's almost impossible to avoid communication. If I ignore my phone when it buzzes, a voicemail, txt, or some sort of notification is awaiting me when I plan to return from my space flight. Of course, you can block a specific user if they are annoying you that frequently, but that is usually a drastic measure.
Personally, I love that I can ignore my email for a little while and it will still be there for me to read later, but I may miss some time-sensitive material in the process.
We've made these social networks so that we can communicate, but with that comes the responsibility that we have to check in with these networks so frequently. We are tethered to these devices and looked down upon and questioned if we don't keep up. Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo said, "I can't wait until I die and I can stop worrying about keeping up with technology." We all live the day to day like that; we have entered into this world and there's no stopping now. It's supreme or cheese in this information age.
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