Poll: The Effect of the Interwebs

[Hades]

I am over 44. While it has brought some big negatives I think that overall it has improved my life. It has allowed me to learn things I never would have been able to in the same amount of time.

I don't do social media.

 

[robfosters]

I am over 44. While it has brought some big negatives I think that overall it has improved my life. It has allowed me to learn things I never would have been able to in the same amount of time.

I don't do social media.

Would you go as far as to say the internet has made you a more intelligent person? It has me I think. But then I'm a bit of a nerd who enjoys hour long sessions randomly going through wikipedia articles.

 

[helpimcrap]

Oh, I forgot to add... a semi-interesting anecdote... maybe.

I did a skydiving course last year (aged 27) with a bunch of university freshers (all 18-19). I absolutely could not believe how much they used their phones. It was insane, almost like something off a sketch show. It was the first time some of them had met... yet there they all were, in silence... on their phones.

There is definitely a generation gap there.

I'm 34 and at my workplace I could sit on a lunch break with a table full of my workmates and no one say a word to anyone... I hate it.

I think the internet is good but the way it's been managed isn't brilliant - everything is done in hindsight e.g. bullying, grooming etc.

 

[asim18]

The internet is a catalyst to the dissolution of civilization if not the ultimate cause of the impending destruction of humanity as we know it.

 

[Hades]

Would you go as far as to say the internet has made you a more intelligent person? It has me I think. But then I'm a bit of a nerd who enjoys hour long sessions randomly going through wikipedia articles.

I certainly think it's made me a more knowledgeable person. I trawl the internet and youtube for hours.

 

[Nix]

The internet is a catalyst to the dissolution of civilization if not the ultimate cause of the impending destruction of humanity as we know it.

Would you be a dear and qualify that, please?

 

[doofer]

Not sure what the poll is actually asking, is the Internet a good thing? Yes. Is social media? No. Is the Interwebs social media? No.

 

[Liquiduk]

I am at younger than 34 years old and I do not think it has provided a better quality of life.

The internet is a catalyst to the dissolution of civilization if not the ultimate cause of the impending destruction of humanity as we know it.

It also brings something beautiful, a method of communication and knowledge sharing unparrelel to anything we've seen in written history.

 

[Tunney]

If you are older 34 then presumably you had the opportunity to sample a decent portion of adult life pre-internet domination.

What kind of n00bs do you think we are? I'm 34 and I was online aged 13-14.

I think that the Internet is incredible. It has enriched my life immensely - intellectually, socially and professionally.

 

[Nitefly]

Not sure what the poll is actually asking, is the Internet a good thing? Yes. Is social media? No. Is the Interwebs social media? No.

I think the internet IS social media for some people.

The question is really whether the major developments on the internet over the last 10 years have been good ones, considering the mavity they seemingly have on every day life.

 

[Liquiduk]

The question is really whether the major developments on the internet over the last 10 years have been good ones, considering the mavity they seemingly have on every day life.

There are strong arguements for both sides.

 

[easyrider]

As a side point... as the social media continues to dominate... will forums go the way of the dodo?

No

FB is food dishes and trying to have a life for effect

 

[Tefal]

I think the abundance of and access to information is unquestionably a good thing. I think social media is also almost solely responsible for the increase in narcissism, self-promotion, and narrowed view points through platforms which encourage ME ME ME! culture.

I disagree, i dont think there has been any major increase in narcissism tbh.

That view is simply the common narcissistic "my generation is better than the one that followed" view that seems constant throughout history

 

[twist3d0n3]

I disagree, i dont think there has been any major increase in narcissism tbh.

That view is simply the common narcissistic "my generation is better than the one that followed" view that seems constant throughout history

nah he's right, things have got bizarre since farcebork. that, and media's obsession with getting 'the average joe's' reaction on social media.

 

[easyrider]

I disagree, i dont think there has been any major increase in narcissism tbh.

That view is simply the common narcissistic "my generation is better than the one that followed" view that seems constant throughout history

BS post

Reason being in my day growing up we didn't have a platform.

I jumped cars on my BMX to get KUDOS

Not a selfie with a Z list celeb.

 

[Nitefly]

I jumped cars on my BMX to get KUDOS

Amazing.

 

[easyrider]

Amazing.

yep

Got the broken nose to prove it

And the girls...

 

[Tefal]

BS post

Reason being in my day growing up we didn't have a platform.

I jumped cars on my BMX to get KUDOS

Not a selfie with a Z list celeb.

So in your day you felt the need to endanger your personal safety and put other people's property at risk in order to gain the aproval of your peer group?




*quietly hides ground down kneesliders out of sight*

 

[Tefal]

nah he's right, things have got bizarre since farcebork. that, and media's obsession with getting 'the average joe's' reaction on social media.

No differnt to the past tbh.


The news has always done interviews with common people wince i was a kind before social media.

 

[easyrider]

So in your day you felt the need to endanger your personal safety and put other people's property at risk in order to gain the approval of your peer group?




*quietly hides ground down kneesliders out of sight*

Yeah ....and in thatchers britain it felt great.

But we cleared the cars...Even my dad let me jump his!

He had faith in my ability to jump it it!

Now parents are too sacred to let their kids go the shop without the fear of being fiddled... ( Purely Media creation) (pedos existed when i was a kid too )