Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 The global village is horribly disheartening. Through most of human history, if you were the smartest person in your village of 50 souls or so, you were the smartest person in your world. Ditto for being good-looking or talented in any way, or for having accomplished anything significant by hard work or whatever. Out of 50, most everyone had a good chance of standing out as best in some respect. Now to be good-looking or smart or talented or whatever, you have to compete with 6 billion people, including a few freaks with all kinds of advantages you don't have. But maybe social networks put us back in the village. Is this the internet undoing itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 no, most of the internet is a large scary place with thousnds of posters , luckly spiderweb forms is a very small comunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I only see this as a problem if you're looking at it through a competitive lens. Also, what do you mean about the Internet "undoing itself"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Originally Posted By: Ephesos Also, what do you mean about the Internet "undoing itself"? i think he means that the internet is a large part of globilization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 If I understand correctly, you're talking about big fish and little ponds. Meh. Size is overrated. If you really must care about something, care about growth. It's pretty tough to become a bigger fish when you're in a small pond. </bad-analogy> I don't quite get what you're saying about the Internet undoing itself. Are you talking about sites like Face-Bok which encourage segregated cliques? I think sites like that are the exception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Quote: Face-Bok ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Well, would you prefer Crackbook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 This isn't really a problem any more than the Olympics ruined fun for local champion. The internet isn't anyone's sole social network (or rather, it shouldn't be). So there's this expansive, amorphous group that includes lots of amazing people (in a morass of dreck, largely)? Okay, nice. I'll continue to reign supreme at Go among my friends, or whatever my particular talent is. —Alorael, who also has to say that it's actually quite nice to head into the biggest pond and discover that he's still pretty much the biggest deal ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Originally Posted By: I need no introduction no, most of the internet is a large scary place with thousnds of posters , luckly spiderweb forms is a very small comunity. In the analogy, SW would be it's own little village, with it and the satellites forming a 'county' of sorts. Wikipedia would probably be represented by NYC or the Vatican. That being said, I agree with the statement. I mean, Eph probably isn't the best DM in the universe (I don't do 'real' roleplays that much, I wouldn't know), but he sure is kicking ass with The Labyrinth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan Are you talking about sites like Face-Bok which encourage segregated cliques? I think sites like that are the exception. There are segregated cliques on Facebook? I'm not sure if I've seen any myself, but I haven't had one for very long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Originally Posted By: Excalibur Originally Posted By: Dintiradan Are you talking about sites like Face-Bok which encourage segregated cliques? I think sites like that are the exception. There are segregated cliques on Facebook? I'm not sure if I've seen any myself, but I haven't had one for very long. Gah, sorry. When I say 'cliques', I mean in the graph theory sense. I don't know if segregated is an actual term; what I meant to say is that Facebook isn't strongly connected. I didn't mean to imply racial segregation, or high school cliques, or anything like that. My apologies for speaking Mathese; I'll try not to let it happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Yeah, I don't get how facebook encourages segregated cliques either. If anything it seems to encourage a certain fluidity of group boundaries. Edit: On reading your link, it looks like clique in the graph theory sense is essentially the same thing, and it seems clear that one of the two meanings of "clique" derives from the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Originally Posted By: Alorael it's actually quite nice to head into the biggest pond and discover that he's still pretty much the biggest deal ever. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk The Knight Who Said Ni Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Face-bok, Crackbook, clever... Facebook does encourage clique segregation, especially in the tons of useless apps that I keep getting notifications about. While they aren't responsible for creating those apps, they allow them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Quote: Crackbook This is far more accurate for a variety of reasons. Edit: 2k already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I don't use Facebook, which has many benefits, but makes getting in contact with girls you just spent hours talking to but forgot to exchange numbers with difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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