The dawn of modern times and the complete take over by social networking sites have brought up an interesting debate….many people complain that personal relationships are no longer personal anymore…we have started interacting less in public but more on the internet….a friend is just a contact in facebook/orkut..we no longer talk…how its destroying our personal and social skills..i agree with all but sometimes i think..
Remember that guy whome you just found on orkut who as per his profile was your classmate for 6 years but you never noticed him….now you found how talented that seemeingly looser is
remember that girl who you never talked to in college but you found out now how much in common you had and ironically shes your best online buddy
that flirtly guy in college you always had a fight with..how he came back and apologised for the things you no longer remembered…
That bully who now became a counseller for termionally ill patients..and grew in respect
all this is possible because of the age and dawn of social networking…agreed that it is killing our so previously termed social skills but what exactly are socail skills,its just a way and method of interaction,an ettiquate and a behaviour….if that is true then this is exactly what this social networking is all about…those rules still apply…
its just that its on teh internet…the society has changed,its no longer limited to one city ,one state or one country….if the socity changes it makes sese to change our social ettiquetes…
And hasnt it made easy to get in touch with people…remember when i refered to a guy who was your calssmate for 6 years and you dont even recollect his name…imagine you are that guy…you may those introvert ones…who didnt speak much..who just blend in the background…you are not a social or a talkative person and maybe dont want to be….but that doesnt eman you dont want to be in touch…to know about ur classmates..let them know about you…you could use those seemingly insignificant birthday wishes on orkut..maybe use them to strike a coversation with the girl you always wanted to talk to but could never gather enough courage…
Now at the comfort of your house you can talk..contemplate what to say to whome….you may not be the witty one in school or college…but taht doesnt stop you from being you…using these tools you can actually get in touch with right people,know about them and let them know that you are…who you are what you do…
it gives you a sense of company….it feels good to have friends..belive me it might seem nonsense to some but it still feels good to have a good no of people in ur friend list…u still feel happy on receiving happy birthday scraps..even if its from people youhavent spoke in one year…also you find it confortable to use the instant scraps to wish people happy birthday with whome you havent talked ina year..yes it might be ppersonal ut atleast the link is not broken…in acse it was not there a link once broken is broken and for introverts it means 99.9% links cause they may not be the type of people who can talk and talk …call up people discuss on things..they just are not like that…but they can write…an occasinal scraop…an occasional chat….
I beleive the last generation belonged to teh extroverts,the witty ones,the talkative ones…..but teh next one is for the introverts…and nerds…and the out of sight out of mind ones………
Age of introverts might be a bit strong. Social media does connect people who would have not been connected traditionally. Still, the extroverts are still the ones with more ‘friends’ and are more comfortable reaching out.
Well you are right, Extroverts do have more friends but thats teh point
Social media doesnt make such a huge diffrence to the extroverts because they already know so mnay people….I beleive there is a threshold of friends after which friends become a number..
extroverts are already at that number…its the introverts who hit that number for the first time
So
But you are right..Age of introverts is a bit strong