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Originally Posted by troutman
[/I]I'm sure I have been rude in the past, but now I pause to consider what I'm saying before I click "reply". Why can't we communicate in the same way we would to people who are across the table from us?
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FWIW i'v always found you to be one of the more thoughtful and contemplative posters around here.
for myself calgarypuck is the only social media i participate in.
never had facebook etc. and while it's going to be annoying to see the pendulum of popular opinion shift back to web anonymity (i.e. folks bragging about getting off the social media grid, in much the same way people brag about not owning a tv.) I truly believe that what's offered to you through social media networking pales in comparison to the cost of what you expose to the online world about yourself by participating.
personal recognition can be a terrifying thing, and particularly when you are a fairly ordinary person who has no legitimate reason to garner such attention.
pretty big difference between:
this guy
who sought out national attention and willingly subjected himself to scrutiny by becoming a tv personality
and this guy
who has become the international internet symbol for ######bag because we hate his stupid face