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“We’re in this mode where we’re telling everybody everything all the time ... It becomes about saying things — just blathering on. We’re at the apex of that trend.”
Interesting thought - the first I've seen in the press of someone saying the "tell-everyone-everything-always" trend may decline. (And spoken by a Web 2.0 company founder.)
(Quote from a NYT article on forcing a voice mail.)
Like everything else in this world, asynchronous communinication has both good and bad points. It just depends on one's intent.
I think the extreme of Twitter and beyond will either get easier with technology or become cumbersome and unwanted.
But I've already realized that updating my status on Facebook is akin to a MySpace bulletin: nobody will engage with me directly because of them, even with the ability to comment. So, since I'm looking for active discussion, asynchronous or real-time, it's wearing thin. I've got my blog to broadcast what I feel is important and hopefully encourage dialog anyway.
Listening seems to be the skill and desire lacking in all this. The lady in the article had the intent of avoiding listening. The service provided a way to directly impact another's life without the kindness to allow the other to be heard as well. It'll lead her to more isolation instead of more connections.
Kinda sad and belies a common issue in western society: avoidance of responsibility.
Peace.