Comments on: In Praise of Anti-Social Media http://blog.meadowsonline.com/2009/11/14/in-praise-of-anti-social-media/ A Different View Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:52:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: john http://blog.meadowsonline.com/2009/11/14/in-praise-of-anti-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-173 john Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:37:37 +0000 http://blog.meadowsonline.com/?p=382#comment-173 Thanks for the comments! Valerie when I read Chris's post in combination with the comments I was sensing sort of an alarming universality in the approach to content; perhaps some readers were taking his idea too far. Thanks for the comments! Valerie when I read Chris’s post in combination with the comments I was sensing sort of an alarming universality in the approach to content; perhaps some readers were taking his idea too far.

]]> By: Valerie http://blog.meadowsonline.com/2009/11/14/in-praise-of-anti-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Valerie Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:13:27 +0000 http://blog.meadowsonline.com/?p=382#comment-172 Excellent points, but I was getting the idea that Brogan was addressing the hugs-don't-feed-my-kids department of social media and his deep inherent affection for people. I think both of you (and me) exist under one social media umbrella. Because again, social media is a tool with as many different uses as there are people to use them. Excellent points, but I was getting the idea that Brogan was addressing the hugs-don’t-feed-my-kids department of social media and his deep inherent affection for people. I think both of you (and me) exist under one social media umbrella. Because again, social media is a tool with as many different uses as there are people to use them.

]]> By: Rochelle http://blog.meadowsonline.com/2009/11/14/in-praise-of-anti-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Rochelle Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:00:20 +0000 http://blog.meadowsonline.com/?p=382#comment-171 I agree. I think there's an amazing way to think with social media, being challenged by your peers, and then there's the rather sad way: counting hits or followers and constructing content and responses purely to garner more. I know many people who engaged in creative projects just because that's what the cool kids were doing and they wanted in with the cool kids. Imagine: writing long works of fiction with the sole purpose of using it to engage with (the highly-prized) others. That's kind of sad, now that I write it out like that. Are we so in need of peers that we're willing to go that far? I guess we are. I agree. I think there’s an amazing way to think with social media, being challenged by your peers, and then there’s the rather sad way: counting hits or followers and constructing content and responses purely to garner more. I know many people who engaged in creative projects just because that’s what the cool kids were doing and they wanted in with the cool kids. Imagine: writing long works of fiction with the sole purpose of using it to engage with (the highly-prized) others.

That’s kind of sad, now that I write it out like that. Are we so in need of peers that we’re willing to go that far? I guess we are.

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