Comments | mkbnett: So I realized that the internet isn't going away

mkbnett

So I realized that the internet isn't going away

Jun 05, 2008 12:26

and that's a great thing.

it's also hilarious.

all of the random shit i've posted, all of the pictures, all of the art, all of the videos - here forever, for my grandchildren and great great grandchildren to see -------- FREAKING AMAZING, ISN'T IT?

even if i try to delete something, the Internet Archive might have saved a copy of it anyways, so why ( Read more... )

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analkant June 6 2008, 04:37:22 UTC

i actually went to the archive today for the first time ever. they didn't have my websites from middle school filled with love poems. but yeah. i think first we're gonna go crazy with self-consciousness on the internet and then hopefully move into the magical age where we all admit we get wasted on weekends or something. it's gonna take a few eggs to make that omelet though. like me and pete dicampo getting fired for LJs.

mkbnett June 6 2008, 08:12:24 UTC

hahaha

i'm so glad you're already cracked and in the omelet, heh

anonymous June 6 2008, 16:54:43 UTC

On the other hand, does listing out my favorite bands, books, movies, etc. really say all that much about me? I've been on MySpace forever and I ceased to really give a crap a while ago, because I realized I don' t necessarily like everyone who has the same interests as I do and there's plenty of people I love who would look terrible to me on paper. Not that I don't belong to all sorts of sites like GoodReads and LastFM, but I think bullet pointed profiles will never come close to replacing face to face contact to actually know a person, because plain old chemistry can be a much bigger factor than a sterile list of common interests. Not to mention the fact that plenty of people paint an entirely different picture of themselves on the internet than they do in real life. Noah hit the nail on the head when he used the word "self consciousness" - when people sit down to write blog posts or fill out a profile, they're carefully constructing what they want people to think of them, which is much harder to do in everyday conversation. To ( ... )

anonymous June 6 2008, 17:01:28 UTC

Actually I just wanted to bring up another example for myself. My blog, which I don't really post to anymore, started to become all about serious subjects like my family issues and big life questions, so anyone reading it who doesn't know me would probably think I'm a totally morose person, which I'm really not. I guess I felt like I wanted to talk about things that I didn't talk about too much with people in person, and I know that's sort of what you're referring to. But at the same time, it was missing the silly fun side of me, which I think is a pretty big part of my personality.

mkbnett June 6 2008, 21:21:26 UTC

Hey Kate,

I think you bring up some good insight with your own experience in the whole self-consciousness on the internet deal.

I sense some resentment in there somewhere though, and I'm not sure if it's pointed at me or in my general direction or at the internet or what.

As for my relationship with my parents, I totally agree that in person communication is unrivaled. Still, I think it's pretty wonderful to potentially easily find out trivia like my parents' favorite xmaybemeaninglessthing?x deal. I guess I haven't spent enough time with my parents as friends to care about those little questions. Bigger ones were always more present in the past.

Anywho, the reason I asked my parents to join the Facebook is because I can easily invite them to events I'm either helping to organize or am attending. For example, the Northeastern Permaculture Summer Gathering, the Radical Urban Sustainability Training, the Firefly Gathering, and to join or donate to Team Ghoulstock for the MS150 City to Shore Bike Ride - all to which you and Greg are ( ... )