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thenewgreen  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Decline of Friendship?

    When social networks emerged they functioned to connect us with people we already knew in real life. These networks may have provided the illusion that we were being more social, but in reality they were simply providing us with a stage to focus on ourselves in the presence of other people.
This is spot on. I interact with a few people on Hubski that I knew prior to joining, mk, sounds_sound and scrimetime but beyond that the people that I converse with are new to me. You are an example of someone that I am collaborating with, so is steve and although I never knew you guys prior to Hubski, I would now count you amongst my friends.

As of yet though, there is no substitution for hanging out in person. There aren't many things I would enjoy more than being able to have a big Hubski party with all of us in attendance. -Someday.... someday.

Nice piece Cadell, thanks for the "shout out". I do think we need to change our prejudice against friendships made and sustained online.





theadvancedapes  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No problem. And I agree that there is no substitute for hanging out in person. I think in order to break down the current prejudice against friendships made and sustained online is to realize that we shouldn't dichotomize such friendships. Just because a friendship or partnership started in a digital community does not mean the friendship is forever relegated to the digital world. Of course, we are at a stage in development where most digital friendships are difficult to bring into physical communities due to transportation barriers. But those should be broken down this century as well. I think we will see a complete blurring of the lines between physical/digital communities.