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- inactive, on 08/10/2009, -5/+92It's 2009, people are still inhabiting the floating post-apocalyptic wreckage of MySpace? That revelation itself is the saddest part of the story.
- Mikjryan, on 08/10/2009, -7/+73People still use mysapce?
- nmffffd9, on 08/10/2009, -1/+52You can't just go "lol" at someone's stupid comment without physically laughing in real life.
- Letram, on 08/10/2009, -1/+48Are they referring to this generation as the MySpace generation? What a ***** insult.
- jetboyterp, on 08/10/2009, -2/+45lol
- sithyiscool, on 08/10/2009, -4/+46People find it easier to talk online via typing on a keyboard to random strangers, than having to talk to someone they know/judges them in person?
Me and my cousin once touched wieners - asgardshill, on 08/10/2009, -3/+40Its only gay if the balls touch.
- 3rdDay, on 08/10/2009, -1/+33♫ Bloggin' about my generation... ♬
In my day we had to actually phone each other. That shows you how old I am. - MorpheousMarty, on 08/10/2009, -2/+32Everyone is happier talking online than real life. You get to think for a second before you reply to anything, you don't accidentally send conflicting or distracting signals with body language, you never stutter, garble words or mess up your tone. It won't be as deep an interaction as actually being with someone, but eating candy is fun and it isn't as nurturing as a full meal.
- JHB207, on 08/10/2009, -1/+30And when you start rolling on the floor laughing out loud in person , people really start to think you are a loony toon. But it's completely accepted online.
- lorensingley, on 08/10/2009, -1/+30Well it sure is easier to think of the right thing to say to someone when you are typing it out and have more time to think about it.
- Akraz, on 08/10/2009, -3/+27wait.. what about offline-friends that are online friends too... zomg?!
- Mujokan, on 08/10/2009, -1/+19I sometimes think to myself "lol" when I see something funny IRL. Then I get depressed.
- Chooxo, on 08/10/2009, -2/+19I do think it's less embarrassing to talk about yourself online. Especially on your own social page, you can just put it out there, and if anyone cares, they can read it and respond.
Doing it in real life it gets a bit weird. Maybe with your best friends it's comfortable to talk about yourself, but with most people it's like "why the ***** would you want to hear me talk about me." You've got to take up someone's time, be all sissy and talk about your feelings and *****, and then demand an immediate response as it's a live conversation. It's all such a to-do. - shadus, on 08/10/2009, -0/+15I remember rotary dial phones... that's how old I am... and I better associate with online media communication than I do rl/phone communication.
- Bloodwine, on 08/10/2009, -2/+16I am talking about society as a whole.
We do not live in a vacuum, and the actions and rituals of the majority affect us all.
Our ability to communicate clearly, either written or oral, is deteriorating. We have vast communication networks at our disposal, but we live more isolated, lonely lives. Meaningful conversations are more sparse.
I'm not being a doomsayer, just remarking that we all seemed to get along better and be more outward and social back in the days before we lived as shut-ins with technological crutches. - donkevin, on 08/10/2009, -1/+15Everyone knows that's a myth.
- lolwutpear, on 08/10/2009, -1/+14your singing needs more st--st-stuttering
- jupaneanu, on 08/10/2009, -6/+18might sound funny, but it's actually quite sad and disturbing
- inactive, on 08/10/2009, -2/+13*****, if my generation gets labeled the "Myspace Generation" I'm going to blow my brains out all over your Facebook, *****!
- DestroyedAUS, on 08/10/2009, -0/+10You can't say a sentence to someone and then walk away and ignore them mid conversation while you have a meal, returning 10 minutes or even days later in real life person to person conversation.... Well you could, but it may not end well.
- asgardshill, on 08/10/2009, -0/+10What makes the Internet so attractive to these kids is the fact that most of them would probably get their noses broken and/or asses kicked if they said the kind of things they say to other people there face-to-face. Being unsocialized and awkward used to carry a stigma, but it doesn't any more with the anonymous Internet to protect you from your own actions.
- RatatRatR, on 08/10/2009, -0/+10The thing that turns me off, and a lot of others too I'm sure, is--if you had the extra time to think, didn't you have time to type out all the words in your two-sentence response? It would have taken only nine extra keystrokes, and it would have made it so much easier for me to take you seriously.
- AsSubtleAsABrik, on 08/10/2009, -2/+12Are you seriously claiming that texting people is faster than calling them? I only text when I think the person might be at work/school or some other reason they can't talk. Otherwise a phone call usually takes less than a minute, while texting you can't even be sure you'll get a response at all.
Waiting for text message response? zzz.. boring. - rootsm3, on 08/10/2009, -3/+13That's what some people in my generation and especially those after me are like. They have absolutely no social skills. Thank you, internet.
- CarStan, on 08/10/2009, -5/+15i have a 4 inch small penis and i like to sniff on old womans underwear
- dupems, on 08/10/2009, -0/+10They can keep their ***** collectivist terms away from me...
- pathouston22, on 08/10/2009, -4/+13So what? That's other people's problems. Nothings stopping you from enjoying the outdoors.
- trisweb, on 08/10/2009, -2/+11Of course it's easier, it's much less personal!
I'd like to see whether it actually has a noticeable effect on the total amount of communication. Are people communicating more overall because they also communicate online? Or are they communicating more online and less in real life? - Bloodwine, on 08/10/2009, -5/+13Television was our downfall. The internet is the nails on our coffins.
I love TV and the internet, but they have pretty much destroyed our desire to go out and mingle with neighbors, strangers, and spend time outside. - TheEggAndI, on 08/10/2009, -0/+8well, sure. everyone has the ability to come off a little wittier when online. when you have even a few seconds to even a few minutes for a response, you can think about what you're gonna say in a way that you can almost never do when conversing face-to-face.
as someone who has been internet-talking since it first became popular, ill admit that sometimes my real-life conversations skill suffers because of this. but then i have myself a little drinky-drinky and all is well! - frmatc, on 08/10/2009, -0/+7FTA: "More than 16,000 MySpace users were polled for the survey."
The title is quite misleading. It should be "MySpace users" not "MySpace generation". Generation implies the entire age group, and that's clearly not who was polled. At least the description was correct.
How many people in that demographic use MySpace? I'd be interested to see a study like this targeting the age group as a whole, with controls to avoid regional and socio-economic bias. - darkNiGHTS, on 08/10/2009, -0/+7What a terrible study. For one they equate "happier" to "easier" and two, of course it's easier to tell things to someone who has no affect on your real life. If you did something stupid you wouldn't want your real life friends to know because they would judge you. Telling it to someone on the Internet is an easy way of getting it off your chest effect on your real life. I hate it when studies are done by out of touch old people telling us our generation is screwed.
- tgjerusalem, on 08/10/2009, -0/+6I prefer to talk via a keyboard with people I know (including some whom I know primarily or exclusively online), than talk in person with the vast majority of the people I encounter every day who are complete strangers.
Hell, I prefer to talk via typing with people I see daily than call them. Sometimes text is just preferable. - finewine, on 08/10/2009, -0/+6Yes, if you're communicating precise, static information. It's the same reason law enforcement and the military use codes...but codes don't always get the entire message accross.
If you want to know what time the party is, don't call me...text me. If you're telling me you'll be home in an hour, there's no need If you're trying to tell a story or want me to walk you through something, obviously a phone call is easier/better. - techdever, on 08/10/2009, -2/+8head asplodes
- CarStan, on 08/10/2009, -1/+6what about 'Bush and Digg generation'?
- 1x253, on 08/10/2009, -2/+7
I like you guys even better than my family and real friends! That's why we're all so close to each other, right buddies?! Right? Hello? Hellooooo?!
(SIGH)
Real life > virtual life - Aquafellow, on 08/10/2009, -3/+8Obvious surveys rock!
- thatryanguy, on 08/10/2009, -1/+6Roflmao is messy.
- DirtyVicar, on 08/10/2009, -1/+6A survey also found that 92% of MySpace generation was happy to talk at length about the minutiae in their own lives, while 23% actually cared (12% of those polled actually giving at least a rat's ass, with 2% margin of error).
- whytey, on 08/10/2009, -4/+9It's cold in the winter
- finewine, on 08/10/2009, -0/+5Except some people can't type worth a *****... so they just replace the social akwardness with "how the heck did you graduate?".
- Gguillorn, on 08/10/2009, -1/+5Wait...you don't know how old you are? Good thing you are so great at communicating.
- Gguillorn, on 08/10/2009, -3/+7Wow, you really should.
- caramba421, on 08/10/2009, -2/+6What the ***** is MySpace?
- antdude, on 08/10/2009, -0/+4For me, it is not MySpace but Internet overall because I have speech and hearing impediments. I wasn't a social person in verbal because of them. When I discovered bulletin board systems (BBS'), online services (e.g., Prodigy), and Internet, then my socializing grew and I was able to communicate. :)
- Mujokan, on 08/10/2009, -0/+4"Crossing swords is an occupational hazard."
- robe1221, on 08/10/2009, -0/+4I found the social sites assist in keeping me in touch with distant relatives. Can't be on the phone with them all of the time and the sites allow us to interact as a group. On that note, I still make phone calls and I will still go visit them when I am in town.
- HeavyWave, on 08/10/2009, -1/+5hey that's sexy!
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