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by digitalsushi
5070 days ago
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So for the past five years, it's been pretty common to hang out with friends that moved across country to catch up and all just talk about the same crud we saw online. If we extend this trend, then perhaps I won't feel a need to catch up with friends since we're just consuming the same data feed all the time. It certainly hasn't made my friends more interesting, and I am sure I am just as boring to them. Whether this is a problem is a much more interesting conversation. I'd like to have a coffee with someone over this. |
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It's funny, because it seems the exact opposite to me in many cases. Sure, my best friend and I occasionally shorten conversations by acknowledging we both saw the same stuff on reddit, but we also follow very different bubbles overall. One friend is far more interested in gaming news and funny videos, another in politics and law, and another in finance. I mostly follow science and tech. We each have a separate filter bubble, and we each have something interesting for the other person whenever we talk. Talking to these people makes me realize what a narrow slice of the world I consume, and I love hearing them talk about what interesting things they've found. The internet has greatly expanded the amount of niche content we can consume, and I'm aware of that whenever I speak to them.
That's not to say we don't talk about non-internet things, but I'm just focusing on that since that's the topic of discussion here.