Comments on: Social Networks: What’s Your Drug of Choice? http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:00:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Social Networking – More Stress than Benefit? @ Alpha Sigma Lambda: Mu Eta Chapter http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-16568 Social Networking – More Stress than Benefit? @ Alpha Sigma Lambda: Mu Eta Chapter Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:52:22 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-16568 [...] AM emails or online discussion posts. Twitter, Facebook, email, blogs, online discussions — social networking seems to be the new drug of choice. So, have we created opportunities for greater connectivity or a sort of electronic leash that binds [...] [...] AM emails or online discussion posts. Twitter, Facebook, email, blogs, online discussions — social networking seems to be the new drug of choice. So, have we created opportunities for greater connectivity or a sort of electronic leash that binds [...]

]]> By: lavenderbay http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13320 lavenderbay Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:16:06 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13320 Blogging is my social network. I have a nice, manageable number of blogfriends. Between reading and responding to others' posts, and trying to compose my own, I spend plenty of time on the computer already! But then again, I've never been an extrovert. :) Blogging is my social network. I have a nice, manageable number of blogfriends. Between reading and responding to others’ posts, and trying to compose my own, I spend plenty of time on the computer already!
But then again, I’ve never been an extrovert. :)

]]> By: Ricardo http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13308 Ricardo Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:42:04 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13308 I love twitter but hate Facebook. I think twitter gives you more space to be selective about what you share but you can tweet your life away. I find it fun to use as a supplement to my blog. It allows me to cover fun real time stories that I can't do on the blog. So in a way it's made blogging even more 24/7. Sounds like the dead phone caused you to quit the tweeting cold turkey. I love twitter but hate Facebook. I think twitter gives you more space to be selective about what you share but you can tweet your life away. I find it fun to use as a supplement to my blog. It allows me to cover fun real time stories that I can’t do on the blog. So in a way it’s made blogging even more 24/7. Sounds like the dead phone caused you to quit the tweeting cold turkey.

]]> By: Black Girl Thinking http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13262 Black Girl Thinking Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:51:58 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13262 lol @ the disclaimer I have a Myspace account, Facebook, Multiply..and hmm let me see..A few others that I rarely check and often forget about unless I get an invite out of the blue stating that someone wants to connect lol I usually check Myspace everyday though..I can't help it :-( lol lol @ the disclaimer

I have a Myspace account, Facebook, Multiply..and hmm let me see..A few others that I rarely check and often forget about unless I get an invite out of the blue stating that someone wants to connect lol

I usually check Myspace everyday though..I can’t help it :-( lol

]]> By: Skee Stylus http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13244 Skee Stylus Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:40:06 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13244 Great Post. I was one that was committed to "just saying no." I gave MySpace the complete stiff arm. Facebook tempted me a bit but I finally was bitten by Twitter. Like any other addict, I'll tell you that I can quit at any time. Honestly that's the way I feel but after reading your analogy...I think I might need help. Sign me up for Celebrity Rehab Season 12. Great Post. I was one that was committed to “just saying no.” I gave MySpace the complete stiff arm. Facebook tempted me a bit but I finally was bitten by Twitter. Like any other addict, I’ll tell you that I can quit at any time. Honestly that’s the way I feel but after reading your analogy…I think I might need help. Sign me up for Celebrity Rehab Season 12.

]]> By: rawdawg http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13232 rawdawg Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:54:55 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13232 mine is the pletera of online news paper blogs - i use twitter to expand my reading base mine is the pletera of online news paper blogs – i use twitter to expand my reading base

]]> By: Natural http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13206 Natural Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:39:28 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13206 urban. come here. let me give you a hug. okay now. the world has gone mad and my drug of choice is twitter, but even i'm not on that much anymore. people are so afraid they are going to miss the next best thing and life, family and friends are passing them by. i was going to write my funny observation on this topic but it hasn't come to me yet, but everything is a freaking social networking. is a bit sickening. pick 2 or even three networks and go live your life. urban. come here. let me give you a hug. okay now.

the world has gone mad and my drug of choice is twitter, but even i’m not on that much anymore.

people are so afraid they are going to miss the next best thing and life, family and friends are passing them by.

i was going to write my funny observation on this topic but it hasn’t come to me yet, but everything is a freaking social networking. is a bit sickening. pick 2 or even three networks and go live your life.

]]> By: The Fitness Diva http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13185 The Fitness Diva Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:44:57 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13185 I think some of it gets a bit out of hand. I was never really into MySpace. I opened an account and then just ignored it. Still sitting there, with the last post of a blog entry i did 3 years ago. Hundreds of people trying to friend me also got ignored. I just saw it as a juvenile "look at me and my really cool pics and glitter graphics" kind of thing. Hell, I have a blog for that! kidding. kidding! ;) but am seriously still not, nor have I ever been impressed with MySpace. Joined Facebook before it became crack. Ignored it, but then began to see some benefits, especially now that I can post my blog posts and videos on it, and have people other than just teenagers, wanna be models or wanna be music "artists" see them. Facebook gets my attention about twice a week. Now Twitter....I'm on there for about 3 months now and see that a whole lotta people on it have a problem, you hear me? LOL! Folks tweeting every two minutes like tweets are breaths of air! I'm like, holy shit, who needs that much attention? My God! I use my Twitter almost daily, also for business reasons, but only tweet about 2 to 5 times a day, if that. hell, I even skip days. Sorry, my life just cannot revolve around an online media social network, and I don't get how or why it is SO vital to certain folks that they're on there all day. I would have a ton more followers, but won't follow back anyone who tweets more than 20 to 30 times a day. I want to be in and out, check for some quick links, briefly see who's saying what, and then, back to my life. Your tweets are takin' up the first 3 whole pages of mine, then you gotta go! lol! yeah, i think that some people really are addicted and have found a new way to get some recognition with these things.... not that that's all bad. We all want that. Some of us just really don't need THAT much of it! At least not minute by minute, or second by second! ;) I think some of it gets a bit out of hand. I was never really into MySpace. I opened an account and then just ignored it. Still sitting there, with the last post of a blog entry i did 3 years ago. Hundreds of people trying to friend me also got ignored. I just saw it as a juvenile “look at me and my really cool pics and glitter graphics” kind of thing. Hell, I have a blog for that! kidding. kidding! ;) but am seriously still not, nor have I ever been impressed with MySpace.

Joined Facebook before it became crack. Ignored it, but then began to see some benefits, especially now that I can post my blog posts and videos on it, and have people other than just teenagers, wanna be models or wanna be music “artists” see them. Facebook gets my attention about twice a week.

Now Twitter….I’m on there for about 3 months now and see that a whole lotta people on it have a problem, you hear me? LOL! Folks tweeting every two minutes like tweets are breaths of air! I’m like, holy shit, who needs that much attention? My God! I use my Twitter almost daily, also for business reasons, but only tweet about 2 to 5 times a day, if that. hell, I even skip days. Sorry, my life just cannot revolve around an online media social network, and I don’t get how or why it is SO vital to certain folks that they’re on there all day.
I would have a ton more followers, but won’t follow back anyone who tweets more than 20 to 30 times a day. I want to be in and out, check for some quick links, briefly see who’s saying what, and then, back to my life. Your tweets are takin’ up the first 3 whole pages of mine, then you gotta go! lol!
yeah, i think that some people really are addicted and have found a new way to get some recognition with these things…. not that that’s all bad. We all want that. Some of us just really don’t need THAT much of it! At least not minute by minute, or second by second! ;)

]]> By: mike http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13180 mike Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:49:49 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13180 addicted to social networking? 100 email notifications in 2 days. and that's just one of the two inboxes i've devoted to it. addicted to social networking?
100 email notifications in 2 days.
and that’s just one of the two inboxes i’ve devoted to it.

]]> By: Urban Thought http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13177 Urban Thought Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:08:02 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13177 <strong>PopArtDiva:</strong> That's funny that you found the disclaimer funny cause I wasn't even trying. LOL... Not sure about what social networks would be equivalent to heroin or opium. I'm still trying to find out which one would be a direct companion for 'ecstasy.' I think the mantra for the tech generation would be a remix of yours and would actually be "Text, Tweet and Download." Thank you for stopping through. <strong>sHaE-sHaE:</strong> Pardon me for not making it easier for you. PopArtDiva: That’s funny that you found the disclaimer funny cause I wasn’t even trying. LOL… Not sure about what social networks would be equivalent to heroin or opium. I’m still trying to find out which one would be a direct companion for ‘ecstasy.’

I think the mantra for the tech generation would be a remix of yours and would actually be “Text, Tweet and Download.” Thank you for stopping through.

sHaE-sHaE: Pardon me for not making it easier for you.

]]> By: sHaE-sHaE http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13175 sHaE-sHaE Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:55:16 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13175 I'm not addicted to social networking... but I did try to click that photo so I could log onto Facebook. *trying not to look guilty* I’m not addicted to social networking… but I did try to click that photo so I could log onto Facebook.

*trying not to look guilty*

]]> By: PopArtDiva http://blog.urbanobservation.com/2009/02/13/social-networks-whats-your-drug-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-13174 PopArtDiva Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:39:13 +0000 http://blog.urbanobservation.com/?p=1198#comment-13174 I had to laugh at this - the disclaimer you posted was probably the biggest laugh for me. A disclaimer is like a cyber caveat emptor - gotta have one so might as well make it funny - which you did. Calling Facebook the equivalent of Crack made me guffaw like a donkey! He Haw! I also had to laugh at you saying MySpace was the gateway drug. So now that the potential twelve steppers have drifted into the harder social networks like Twitter and Facebook, my question is which one will become the equivalent of heroin or opium? Is the mantra of the tech generation "Sex, Twit and Rock and Roll"? I had to laugh at this – the disclaimer you posted was probably the biggest laugh for me. A disclaimer is like a cyber caveat emptor – gotta have one so might as well make it funny – which you did.

Calling Facebook the equivalent of Crack made me guffaw like a donkey! He Haw!

I also had to laugh at you saying MySpace was the gateway drug. So now that the potential twelve steppers have drifted into the harder social networks like Twitter and Facebook, my question is which one will become the equivalent of heroin or opium?

Is the mantra of the tech generation “Sex, Twit and Rock and Roll”?

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