Are people too plugged in?
With all the new ways to communicate online, are people losing their social skills? Do you think Internet sites like Facebook and Twitter are used too much? Some people spend all day on sites like these, either on their phone or their computer. As a society, are we over Interneted? How much do you Facebook or twitter? Should we start to unplug ourselves?
- Matt (9:00)
23 comments:
i think this is a way people are losing social skills. it's like, some people act different on the internet than in person. & when it comes to the time where you're in person it's like it's an awkward silence kind of thing. & i'm on fb all the time..i have it on my phone, & i catch myself logging onto it soo many times a day it's rediculous. ha. i think we need to start 'unplugging' ourselves a little bit and go out & actually meet people other than use the internet before hand.
kaitlyn taylor.
I completly agree that we have become way too dependent on a computer for our social network. When you only have contact with people through the internet you loose the skill of "reading" peoples' body language. I personally rely on that for a true feel of people's response to me. People have too much opportunity to be untruthful online. They can misrepresent themselves or be crule and have no reprecussions because they don't have to face the person.
Lois sjoken
I do think in a way people are too plugged in. You see people all the time in the computer labs and on their cell phones either on Facebook or Twitter. Some people just can't put it down. My roommate for example is always on her computer and she is always on Facebook. She is even on there when we are eating dinner its like she can't get off. I mean she doesn't pay attention to you when you talk to her. So yes I think these social sites are making people lose their vocal social skills. I only use these site a maximum of an hour a day. I think we do need to step back from the internet and just talk face to face again.
Becky Gryczewski
I agree that we use the internet to much. I do think that we are losing our ability to socialize, at least in person. I know that I used to use facebook almost everyday for a couple of hours, but when I realized how long I was on it for I decided not to use it so much. I think that using some of these sites is just easier for some people to comunicate, especially if they live far away from eachother. But I still think that it would be a good idea to limit ourselves on how many hours we spend on these sites.
Justine Miller
I don't think people are TOO plugged in. They are very plugged in, though. I'm on facebook and there is no problem with my social skills. I like that it keeps you connected with your friends that you haven't seen in awhile or something. Now Twitter I think is just stupid. I have one but never use it, I don't see the point. We are not over interneted. It is just easier to stay connected now. I use facebook at least once everyday. No we should not unplug ourselves, this isn't causing any problems.
--Heather Alber
yes i think people are losing their social skills because the less you involve your self with people it is like keeping a person in a closed room and when they get out their behavior does not seem like other people's normal behavior.
65 mustang
I agree people are too plugged in. People are losing their social skills. I have see people in the same house talking to each other on facebook. We don't really talk too people any more. It is a good way to keep in contract with people that you don't see as much. But to spend hours on it, is a little to much for me. How can people just sit there for hours and hours talking to someone on a computer, but when they are face-to-face they can't talk for an hour.
Anita Freeman
I do think people are wayy to plugged into facebook. i don't know about twitter, but definitely facebook. People are losing their social skills because of it. I have facebook on my phone and i'm checking it a lot throughout the day, I have been trying to break the habbit of always getting on it on my phone. I agree, i think that we to start to unplug ourselves a little bit from these kind of sites. facebook, twitter, myspace...
I do think that people are on the internet way to much. I'm usually on facebook whenever I'm bored and can't find anything to do. I don't have a Twitter account because I don't really care what Chris Rock is doing later tonight. Instead of wasting your time on facebook or Twitter people should be outside or doing something else that is a little more productive.
Nolan
I do think people are wayy to plugged into facebook. i don't know about twitter, but definitely facebook. People are losing their social skills because of it. I have facebook on my phone and i'm checking it a lot throughout the day, I have been trying to break the habbit of always getting on it on my phone. I agree, i think that we to start to unplug ourselves a little bit from these kind of sites. facebook, twitter, myspace...
Kiara Taylor(9:00)
I have a facebook account and used to be on it quite a bit cause that's what peope do. But almost three months ago my computer crashed and now I only get on facebook two or three times a week and i've relized that people are way too into facebook. I just don't care about it anymore. All my friends are still on it all the time and more often then not they are too concerned with it to go out and play basketball or something more interactive with real people.
Andy Dodge
I think that some people like you said are toooooooooooo plugged in. The ones that sit on the computer all day, thats crazy. I am not to plugged in though, I have a both a facebook and twitter page.I check facebook weekly but twitter I don't use to often. The people that sit ath the computer for hours and hours at a time SHOULD DEFINITELY UNPLUG THEMSELVES.
ASHLEY MITCHELL
People are lossing their social skills due to facebook, twitter, myspace, and so on. So many people are looking to these sites to gain friendship because they are having a problem getting friends. Those sites just really cause problems for people then help them socialize. It is just a rumor has it place to blog and talk about people in not so nice ways. So I think that these sites need to be taken off the internet and let these kids/people go out and learn how to get good friends and socialize with people in person and not on the internet.
jodi
I think most everyone relies on the internet for a lot. To looking up the weather or actually getting on Facebook. I personally am not a big fan of it, I only use it to talk to my parents or a few friends. I'm never on it on my phone so it's hard for me to understand why people do that. I do think people are on it way too much. They make a lot of friends but most don't talk to them off the internet. I'm not sure how we could get people to 'unplug' but it probably would be a good idea.
Kaylan
I so agree with Kaitlyn....When people are on the internet it's like they can be something there not. No one can see your face. I love facebook it's like a drug you just can't get off.(lol) Everybody use it for social skills what happen to writing letters, talking face to face. I miss that.
Kasha Topps
I enjoy the social networks. Does that mean i am on there way to much? no.. i get to keep in touch with friends and family that are not close, quickly. People may use it to much but that is their call. If that is how they want to spend their time that is fine. People enjoy different things. If your out going go out and meet people if your not stay home and creep online. They are going to be the only on to suffer not having the social skills. I feel that most people that do spend a lot of time on facebook are also very social outside of the social network.
Lindsey
I feel people are getting lost in electronics. I believe God created us to interact with one another and build relationships with the use of all our senses. I can't truely get to know a person on the phone alone or the internet alone. I need to see, touch, smell, and hear to really get to know a person. I check my emails and facebook once a day and stay on for maybe a total 30min. I just don't like to communicate that way. I wasn't made that way.
Autumn
I agree, we are way to plugged into the internet. Now a days you get emails on your phone and can even up date your facebook status while being in class. The more we start to unplug the better. It is a great way to communicate but the way the sites have evolved it has caused obsessions with people always checking their facebook/twitter. I dont know how much it hurts the social skills but I know that it isn't helping. If you can reduce this I think it would be a great start to unplug.
K.J. Picard
I think that people are becoming really dependent on the computer. I think that people are spending more and more time at home on the computer going to things like facebook. People are using the computer to talk to their friends instead of talking to them in person like they used to. I think that some people are losing their social skills, but not everyone. I think that people need to spend less time on the computer and more time outside spending time with their friends and family.
I think that people are becoming really dependent on the computer. I think that people are spending more and more time at home on the computer going to things like facebook. People are using the computer to talk to their friends instead of talking to them in person like they used to. I think that some people are losing their social skills, but not everyone. I think that people need to spend less time on the computer and more time outside spending time with their friends and family.
Jessica Brooks
I think people are losing their social skills or are not learning to get any. I’ve seen people on Dr. Phil who are on facebook from the time they wake up to the time they go to bed. They get on there as many times as they can and even use it on their phone. People use it on a phone while they are driving with kids in the car. When things like this are happening it becomes a problem that needs to be fixed. Those people need to get away from those sites. We should start to unplug ourselves. I don't use facebook or twitter.
Jesse Naive (9:00)
Yes, they are less social to new people. Yes, Facebook and Twitter are used to much. They are addicting. Really, they are pointless, but I use Facebook because it is addicting. In a way yes we use the internet way too much. We are loosing touch with the old ways of paper and non technological meterial, for example: maps, compasses, letters, etc. What will people do when that technology they use every day fails and no one will know what to do. I have actually stopped using my Myspace and Twitter accounts. I have also cut back on Facebook, checking once or twice a week.
--Jeremy Harding
Yes, people are too plugged in. I think people are losing their souls to technology. We need to bring it back, the communication people use to have.. actually having to put effort into relationships to make them work.
Jed Ten o'clock
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