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Re: Web 2.0 Suicide Machine - Meet your Real Neighbours again - Sign out forever

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Wanna meet your real neighbours again? God no. That's why the Internet is so awesome - we're not limited to the people we unfortunately find ourselves surrounded by in "real life." Still, good joke ;-)

I know you're speaking with tongue-in-cheek but there's some unsettling truth to what you say.

People can be less involved in their community if they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them (see al3x's post about fleeing to Portland for reference: http://al3x.net/).

Re: Web 2.0 Suicide Machine - Meet your Real Neighbours again - Sign out forever

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post #6

Wanna meet your real neighbours again? God no. That's why the Internet is so awesome - we're not limited to the people we unfortunately find ourselves surrounded by in "real life." Still, good joke ;-)

I know you're speaking with tongue-in-cheek but there's some unsettling truth to what you say. People can be less involved in their community if they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them (see al3x's post about fleeing to Portland for reference: http://al3x.net/ ).

they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them

For most people, the world just won't stay saved, so they begin to wonder, why keep going to the effort to save it?

Re: Web 2.0 Suicide Machine - Meet your Real Neighbours again - Sign out forever

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post #6

Wanna meet your real neighbours again? God no. That's why the Internet is so awesome - we're not limited to the people we unfortunately find ourselves surrounded by in "real life." Still, good joke ;-)

I know you're speaking with tongue-in-cheek but there's some unsettling truth to what you say. People can be less involved in their community if they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them (see al3x's post about fleeing to Portland for reference: http://al3x.net/ ).

I've actually been joking about starting a 'move to the internet' movement.

Re: Web 2.0 Suicide Machine - Meet your Real Neighbours again - Sign out forever

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post #6

Wanna meet your real neighbours again? God no. That's why the Internet is so awesome - we're not limited to the people we unfortunately find ourselves surrounded by in "real life." Still, good joke ;-)

I know you're speaking with tongue-in-cheek but there's some unsettling truth to what you say. People can be less involved in their community if they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them (see al3x's post about fleeing to Portland for reference: http://al3x.net/ ).

As a long-time San Francisco resident I found it irksome that Alex was so quick to bemoan the lack of culture to consume without showing any possible interest in creating any.

In my opinion, San Francisco is a beautiful place for creators.

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