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by tudelo
2922 days ago
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But what chance do you think there is to actually have a real conversation with someone over social media (or even text)? Most of the time seems to be spent on making the wrong assumptions about what you think someone means or just straight up disagreement over the pillars of an issue. |
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Based on the context of the original comment, they probably believe the chance is very low. After thinking on it a bit based on my own experiences over the years, even after using niche forums for hobbies and just plain socializing, it's often very rare to have a real conversation.
One example I can provide right now are a few people I've seen on one of those aforementioned niche forums who basically copy-paste all of their "opinions" on software and technology from a different forum and are dogmatic to the point where interaction with them is exhausting and counteractive towards the light-hearted and positive nature of the forum; it's not worth it to even try to align the messages of both parties based on their biases because the dogmatic ones are looking to be "right" and believe that those who aren't in agreement haven't been shown the light. It quickly becomes more prudent to simply ignore that person/those people, but not everyone does, and those who do choose the path of tuning out leave the area that much more barren.
Of course, I'm not talking about things that are reflexively grouped under "social media" like Twitter and such. Still can't figure Twitter out.