Comments on: What happened to the Internet? http://scrambledminds.com/2009/08/04/what-happened-to-the-internet/ Mixed up thoughts on the web world, photography and life. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Elston http://scrambledminds.com/2009/08/04/what-happened-to-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Jason Elston Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:43:00 +0000 http://scrambledminds.com/?p=496#comment-453 Thanks Andy.<br><br>Yup, like the longing that people felt when Twitter was dead last week. Maybe they should have gone outside? I'm one to talk though. I don't know how long I spend on a computer each week experimenting with this stuff :) Thanks Andy.

Yup, like the longing that people felt when Twitter was dead last week. Maybe they should have gone outside? I'm one to talk though. I don't know how long I spend on a computer each week experimenting with this stuff :)

]]> By: Andy http://scrambledminds.com/2009/08/04/what-happened-to-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Andy Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:29:45 +0000 http://scrambledminds.com/?p=496#comment-452 Thanks for the trip down memory lane....IRC - it's been a while!<br><br>It does feel like there is a new wave, but I'm not sure the title does it justice. Just using Facebook to stay in contact with friends and find old friends from school has been a 'social' success.<br><br>I agree that I'm not sure how it all fits together, and I think the diehards are the IRC people of old - those with a preference for technology.<br><br>That being said, the new technologies out there are making it eaier to integrate so much that anyone can get into it. Having your parents online, or in my case, an old friend's mother reach out to me on Facebook are example of it bridging the gap and becoming more of a phenomenon. <br><br>This convergence is fun -- but it also can feel anti-social. I've found myself looking at Twitter/FB/etc instead of reaching out to people. I guess there is a level of interaction required, or else it is less 'social' than expected.<br><br>My 2 cents... Thanks for the trip down memory lane….IRC – it's been a while!

It does feel like there is a new wave, but I'm not sure the title does it justice. Just using Facebook to stay in contact with friends and find old friends from school has been a 'social' success.

I agree that I'm not sure how it all fits together, and I think the diehards are the IRC people of old – those with a preference for technology.

That being said, the new technologies out there are making it eaier to integrate so much that anyone can get into it. Having your parents online, or in my case, an old friend's mother reach out to me on Facebook are example of it bridging the gap and becoming more of a phenomenon.

This convergence is fun — but it also can feel anti-social. I've found myself looking at Twitter/FB/etc instead of reaching out to people. I guess there is a level of interaction required, or else it is less 'social' than expected.

My 2 cents…

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