Social Media / Depth v Breadth
Jan. 6th, 2025 10:14 pmA friend posited recently that these days (vs a couple decades back when LJ was really a thing) "everyone is just so much more stressed than we all were back then, that taking the time for contemplative connection is more difficult."
This makes me ponder questions of depth v breadth of connections. FB reaches SO many folks, but at what cost? Fewer folks frequent DW/LJ (I conflate 'em, even though it's been ages since DW successfully mirrored to my LJ...sigh), but if'n they read through...they're getting more of me...for whatever that's worth. ;-P ( Read more... )
This makes me ponder questions of depth v breadth of connections. FB reaches SO many folks, but at what cost? Fewer folks frequent DW/LJ (I conflate 'em, even though it's been ages since DW successfully mirrored to my LJ...sigh), but if'n they read through...they're getting more of me...for whatever that's worth. ;-P ( Read more... )