Tee hee, silly title, right?
It really doesn't have to do with this blog, at least entirely.
I'm just trying to figure out why people decide to participate in certain online conversations and not others, in social media like Facebook and message boards.
I could post a link to the most amazing article that has pertinence to most of my Facebook friends, but it goes unremarked upon and unnoticed beneath all of the infantile and ridiculous quizzes. (Fortunately, I've discovered you can hide quizzes without hiding the friend). Because I really don't care what video game character you are, or what you just did in Mafia Wars.
Yet an acquaintance posts something about a nefarious bodily function, and she gets 10 replies... a genuine conversation.
It isn't unique to Facebook, either. This has always happened to me on various message boards, dating back to the mid-1990s. I've used dozens of screen names, so I don't think people see my name and ignore me...
Maybe I just don't have anything interesting to say? Why do some people's opinions mean more to others, especially in an online environment?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment