Comments on: social anxiety and social software http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190 Laura Crossett on the LIS domain Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rick Roche http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23877 Rick Roche Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:49:48 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23877 Laura, thanks for these thoughts. I think friendship on the Internet is a fascinating topic. In some ways it is not much different having web friends as land-based friends. You find people with like interests, communicate, treat each other with interest and respect, and sometime drift apart. Some people with who you try to strike up a relationship will not have time. Perhaps they are already committed to some many relationships. Some people always find time for someone new. The advantage of the Internet is spacial and time limits are stretched. People who have known all the same old people in their neighborhood or rural community, never having anyone with which to share some select interests, can then find someone new online. I see few downsides to web friends. Laura, thanks for these thoughts. I think friendship on the Internet is a fascinating topic. In some ways it is not much different having web friends as land-based friends. You find people with like interests, communicate, treat each other with interest and respect, and sometime drift apart. Some people with who you try to strike up a relationship will not have time. Perhaps they are already committed to some many relationships. Some people always find time for someone new. The advantage of the Internet is spacial and time limits are stretched. People who have known all the same old people in their neighborhood or rural community, never having anyone with which to share some select interests, can then find someone new online. I see few downsides to web friends.

]]> By: laura http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23732 laura Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:56:03 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23732 @hermit greg--yes, but you're one of my few real friends with any kind of online presence, which does create an odd sort of overlap. @Sheila--you have <a href="http://diffident-blogger.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">a blog</a>! Thanks for stopping by, and I look forward to what you have to say, diffident or not. @hermit greg–yes, but you’re one of my few real friends with any kind of online presence, which does create an odd sort of overlap.

@Sheila–you have a blog! Thanks for stopping by, and I look forward to what you have to say, diffident or not.

]]> By: Sheila http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23720 Sheila Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:56:17 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23720 I very much appreciate this post. I "follow" a lot of people on the web in various ways, but very rarely convince myself that any of them are really looking for me as a friend or even a "friend." If you are looking, I'll likely be SMKVT, diffidently present but quiet. I very much appreciate this post. I “follow” a lot of people on the web in various ways, but very rarely convince myself that any of them are really looking for me as a friend or even a “friend.” If you are looking, I’ll likely be SMKVT, diffidently present but quiet.

]]> By: hermit greg http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23655 hermit greg Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:06:27 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23655 Oh, no, we're real friends. Imaginary friends are only the disembodied ones. Oh, no, we’re real friends. Imaginary friends are only the disembodied ones.

]]> By: laura http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23637 laura Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:23:42 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23637 It's also worth noting that Hermit Greg is one of the few "imaginary" friends I have who started out as a "real" one. It’s also worth noting that Hermit Greg is one of the few “imaginary” friends I have who started out as a “real” one.

]]> By: hermit greg http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23636 hermit greg Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:15:59 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/190#comment-23636 It's much, much easier if you just admit that Internet people are all imaginary. It’s much, much easier if you just admit that Internet people are all imaginary.

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