The Life Less Tactile

Like this and share if you are really my friend. Is there such a thing? What constitutes friendship?

                   'A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. 2. A person whom one knows; an                       .                  acquaintance. 3. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; ...'
.                                                          (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/friend) 

If someone throws a dictionary definition at you then chances are they are a) a troll b) a stalker c) mad at you because you spend all your time staring at a screen and would rather check your home page than go out for a drink with them on their birthday.

‘Despite some expected trends regarding Extraversion and Openness to Experience, results indicated that personality factors were not as influential as previous literature would suggest. (Ross, E. Orr, Sisic, Arseneault, simmering, R. Orr)

 Who likes Facebook? Almost everyone it would seem. Personally I am friends with pilots, ravers, hippies, miners, musicians, religious moderators; if it's in the Facebook bestiary, then I got one on my friends list.

 It was not my intention to use FB for my blog subject but my social networking experience is hit and miss. I created an arts/poetry page that became quite popular for a while, but my other efforts are routinely ignored. My political platform (The Republican Conservative Progress Party) drew a total of three commentators. My offroad motorcycle club (Cloud Giants DMCC) has many invited guests but very little conversation and zero success in actuating a real world event. My religious cult (The Shane Warne Appreciation Society) has not attracted a single cricket enthusiast, but my 'Say Something Random' page went semi-viral for a short time. These are all Facebook pages.

 I tend to alternate between addictive FB homepage checking and intentional cold-turkey ignorance of the technology. For me, social networking has been largely disappointing. The life less tactile is not really for me.

Reference-

Craig Ross, Emily S. Orr, Mia Sisic, Jaime M. Arseneault, Mary G. Simmering, R. Robert Orr, Personality and motivations associated with Facebook use, Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 25, Issue 2, March 2009, Pages 578-586, ISSN 0747-5632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2008.12.024. Accessed 16/08/2013

(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563208002355)

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