Mr Rayon Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Does regular Facebook use inhibit personal growth due to inability to cut formerly established ties/friendships? Does it constrain you and make you less open to change due to being tied to the past? Please discuss. =] Edited August 6, 2015 by Mr Rayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Does regular Facebook use inhibit personal growth due to inability to cut formerly established ties/friendships? Does personal growth require you to cut formerly established ties/friendships? Aren't they called "ties" because of the bonds of friendship you forge? Why are you cutting them? I think it's called "growth" because it's cumulative. Does it constrain you and make you less open to change due to being tied to the past? Past, as in past friendships? Facebook really isn't my thing, I know I should spend more time there because that's where so much of my family is, but I don't think about FB being about the past. FB is about the now, what's going on with you, what did you do today, seen any cute cat photos lately? Perhaps you can define what it means for you to be "tied to the past", and why you think it might make one less open to change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 The people I know who are most active on facebook also have the most active "real life" friendships and social life. (I think we have passed the stage where there is any meaningful difference between "real life" and life online. It is all just life, now.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (I think we have passed the stage where there is any meaningful difference between "real life" and life online. It is all just life, now.) Isn't it all just communication for the purpose of turning data into information and using that in your relationships every day? I don't think of the internet as any less real. Before the internet, I was limited to the phone, printed media, snail mail, and direct interface in my interactions for work, family, and friends. If I wanted to know something, I needed a lot more time to gather data from those sources. My life isn't any less real, I just have several orders of magnitude more sources for the data that lets me assemble information and interact with people successfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamer Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Does regular Facebook use inhibit personal growth due to inability to cut formerly established ties/friendships? Does it constrain you and make you less open to change due to being tied to the past? Please discuss. =] This used to be true for me when i just started on facebook, then i removed a particular "friend" i knew from a long time ago, and later on some other people, and i'm all good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Isn't it all just communication for the purpose of turning data into information and using that in your relationships every day? I don't think of the internet as any less real. I agree completely. There used to be a stereotype that those who communicated mainly online (email, bbs, usent, etc) didn't have a "real" life. But of course, that was their real life. Now nearly everybody communicates online but you still hear comments like the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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