Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Online is Creepy in Real Life
This video is mocks the use of social media, and how there are certain things that people post online, that if they were to announce in person, in the real-world the same way, would be unbelievably odd. The first one is "broadcast your relationship." Everyone knows that when a relationship is "Facebook Official" it means that the relationship has officially began, but before that, there must have been some ambiguity to it.
The second example is "fight with strangers" which as we explained when we discussed people leaving comments on YouTube, people feel disconnected from other people through the computer screen and therefore leave comments and start fights with strangers for no reason at all.
The third example is "publicly liking things". On Facebook, people "like" random pages on Facebook whether it is a musical group, random hobbies, or completely random topics. People do so publicly, and then to go one step further, other people can "like" the fact that you "liked" something.
The fourth example is "overshare" where people can share pictures, ideas, etc. repeatedly to the world. This happens so much online because people don't have the ability to tell people it's annoying, or that they already spoke of that topic etc.
The fifth example is "follow" which when expressed in this video, is obviously the creepiest thing. Simply because you have a similar interest, or you don't actually know the person at all, you simply think they're cool you deliberately "follow" them, not something that would ever be considered normal in person.
The final example is "be really honest" which is when people feel detached, and therefore post their true feelings online when they normally wouldn't necessarily be able to in person. Now that Facebook incorporated feelings into status updates, this also eases the ability to be honest, or divulge their personal information to the world.
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This is a good video. However, I have a strange friend who does some of this stuff. He is not intentionally trying to get attention. He is just socially awkward. For example, he talks about things that don't really apply to the current context and fights with strangers. The main thing is that he is always having these awkward interactions with other people like when we are passing people, or, in a restaurant.
ReplyDeleteMy friend also spends a lot of time online. I wonder if he is taking bits from his online interactions and incorporating them in real world. It is possible that he has been desensitized from real social interactions due to his immense amount of time online. Regardless, whenever he does stuff like in the video it is realllllllly strange and awkward.