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Monday, December 17, 2007

Life and The Internet
I now have Facebook and one thing that has amazed me is that some people on xanga are on Facebook and Myspace constantly. Not to mention that some of you are on youtube all the time.
I am wondering in the grand scheme of things if there is any redeemable value to time spent on the Internet. I am not talking about time spent researching homework or doing assignments. I am talking about this time we spend interacting with others on the Internet using social networks.
Is there any value to spending time on social networks?

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- 12/17/2007 10:52 PM
- captain_jaq (message)
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you must be on a lot yourself to notice these things.
- 12/17/2007 10:52 PM
- sweetanonymity (message)
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Yep--- You're on here all the time too... your answer is yes, as well?
- 12/17/2007 10:53 PM
- havechanged (message)
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second bitches!
- 12/17/2007 10:53 PM
- sweetanonymity (message)
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i think society has embraced a seclusionist lifestyle that involves remote interaction. no matter what nothing ever beats real human interaction though.
- 12/17/2007 10:53 PM
- stargazerlillikat (message)
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wow. actually first.
and no...especially if it's myspace.
- 12/17/2007 10:53 PM
- captain_jaq (message)
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Yes. :)

I have friends who live a while away and that's the only way I have to communicate with them most of the time- through myspace. You CAN actually have meaningful conversations on there beyond 'hi lol'. >.>;
- 12/17/2007 10:54 PM
- Shonbori (message)
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heck no!
- 12/17/2007 10:55 PM
- porcupinesol (message)
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now I take this personally Dan! there really isn't any redeeming value but it does pass the time...... and you forgot things like AIM and the like......
- 12/17/2007 10:56 PM
- casey_at_bat (message)
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Nothing of great value, entertainment along the lines of watching TV.
I would say some of the blogs on xanga are somewhat educational. and socail interaction is good for you to an extent. Just don't do it to the exclusion of real people.
- 12/17/2007 10:59 PM
- trunthepaige (message)
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Some people communicate better through written word, or are at least able to express themselves differently than in a typical day-to-day situation. That being said, time on the internet should be spent as a supplement to real life interaction, not the main event.
- 12/17/2007 11:01 PM
- Time_to_speak (message)
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None. It's total vegging.
- 12/17/2007 11:06 PM
- ImportedKokoPuffs (message)
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100 eProps!

Hi, Dan! I place a great deal of value on the considerable amount of time I spend on the Net. But then, I suffer from agoraphobia, so the Internet is my primary social interaction. Your blog is my favorite.....keep up the good work! ~ Ray/Lobo ~
- 12/17/2007 11:08 PM
- Dynamic_Apathy (message)
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Occasionally.
- 12/17/2007 11:09 PM
- likewise_catharsis (message)
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I got a full score on the anayltical writing portion of the GRE. I owe almost all of it to arguing online in a semi-logical manner. =)

Also, composing online keeps my writing style sharp. Most engineers/scientists have their writing degrade to mush by the time they get to grad school.
- 12/17/2007 11:11 PM
- huginn (message)
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Yea, Spiritual enrichment thru making friends.. Sometimes we come for moral supports and socializing in cyberworld.
- 12/17/2007 11:11 PM
- Merlinfairy (message)
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Absolutely not.

Except Xanga.

Xanga. keeps me sane.
- 12/17/2007 11:11 PM
- lotta_valdez (message)
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Yes, for me. I have met amazing people online, and I love those I have known for a long time. Though we've all never met, there are connections that have been made throughout time and with loyalty and trust. I just hope that one day we can meet.
- 12/17/2007 11:12 PM
- VersaGratis (message)
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And THANK YOU, Dan, for ridding of your Xanga video ad!!!!!!

It got to the point where I wanted to very much kill that black-guy-with-a-British-accent-from-MTV.
- 12/17/2007 11:12 PM
- huginn (message)
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i hope so, otherwise u are saying its worthless

and that i am wasting my time
- 12/17/2007 11:26 PM
- Doubledb (message)
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Myspace and Gaybook are wastes of time phsh!! Xanga is not.
- 12/17/2007 11:29 PM
- mayanao (message)
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To a certain point, it can be.
Most of what I use facebook for is communicating with friends I can't see daily, posting on group discussion boards, and strengthening my friendships with friends I can see daily. Also, it is the most efficient way to spread social news: ending a facebook relationship is much easier than calling all 200 of your friends to tell them you've broken up with so-and-so.
But it really depends on what you use it for. A large part of my involvement is political or intellectual. Some people just use myspace(especially) and facebook(increasingly) to blahhhhhhhhh about their life, and read the same from others.
Oh, and btw, I just saw "I Am Legend". I thought it was pretty good! Worth watching, at least. (And you forgot to mention the workout scene where Smith is shirtless. That was worth the $10 admission on its own!)
- 12/17/2007 11:30 PM
- la_faerie_joyeuse (message)
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I'm a member of a Christian writers forum, and I've been instructed there on many a subject. I wouldn't call that a waste of time. But, Facebook & Myspace have very, very few redeemable qualities.

I am on Facebook a lot though.
- 12/17/2007 11:34 PM
- Drewsius (message)
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I guess it depends on what you are doing on these sites... I have met so many awesome people in person because of Xanga and MySpace... Facebook is just novelty fun... but the friendships I've made will last a lifetime...

Hugs!
- 12/17/2007 11:38 PM
- daisymae81 (message)
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well, xanga's my blogging site, i keep up with my high school friends on myspace, and for college friends there's facebook. so, yeah, for me anyway.
- 12/17/2007 11:44 PM
- GOD4EVER72088 (message)
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