Tag: loneliness

Watching Films Again

Aug 21, 2024

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by

richard

in observation, social networking, Switzerland

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the pandemic I became unable to listen to podcasts, watch television series and watch films. Each of these media reminded me of how dreadfully my existence had become during the pandemic. Instead of watching films and television series I listened to tech podcasts and watched people play computer games. The reason…
Social media, loneliness and isolation.

Mar 22, 2015

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by

richard

in social media, social media living room, social networking, tech related, twitter

Reading Time: 3 minutes”The pathology of social media is all about loneliness” Social media professionals take the weekend off. Twitter users use hashtags so that their content can be found without being followed. Everything is turned towards discoverability rather than commitment and conversation. Social media practitioners know that people aren’t listening attentively so they repeat…