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10/01/2016

Social network people: II. The Pets Lovers

"Ohhh, sooo cuuute! Look at that fur! What a pretty eyes! Can't stop smiling! So LOVELY! OMG It acts as smart as humans! "
LIKE! LIKE! LIKE! Just SHARE, you, heartless human! 



Yes, I am guilty too...
I don't have pets, but all my childhood I was friend with different furry beings, so I am a big fan of these posts.

Indeed, they are cute and sometimes they give you the only reasons to smile in some cloudy days of your life, wehter they are real or just virtual... So, IN MY OPINION HERE  there is no sin to LIKE, LIKE LIKE!

OK, but the remarks about the similarity between human behavior and theirs?... Are they really humanized? Or rather we, humans, we encounter sometimes other people that are  too alienated and act as ... not too humans... ? And the contrast that appeares gives more credits to the human traits of our beloved pets?

I hope not.

09/01/2016

Social network people: I. Imaginary friends

First, you add one, thinking that maybe you know him or her ... then you add a handful of unknown people, because they seem interesting or funny... Then few dosens, few hundreds and maybe thousands... and you have that amazing, sweet, deezy feeling that finally, after many clicks, you are -at last! PO-PU-LAR!!! As popular as the most beloved artists of the world, or as the masters of sports!
Who knows if you will meet them ? Maybe you are near them in the bus, or in the elevator, or maybe they live across the street... Never mind, it is OK, eeeverybody does it! and the number of followers is very important - at least in the virtual world you have sooo many friends!
If a kid creates an imaginary friend and tries to convince you that he/she exists, you will have a bad feeling concerning the kid's mental health... but that friend disappears and you are reliefed.
But what about the virtual friends? How much time they will be parts of your life? Will they dissapear? How much time is too much when it is about this sort of friends? How many of them are too many? If you don't know them in person, are they more real than kid's imaginary friend?
Reality check... postponed!

Once upon a time...

...about 14 years ago I started by creating first ID and by sending first emails... Had no idea about how internet works... not much added since then...
Then curiosity made me to try first searches...
Then I curiosity, communication needs, trends and friends pushed me to social networks...
 And the rest is history...
Now I only leave home if I am sure that I have at least one device connected and that I have the means to obtain wifi psswrd in the place where I am heading to...
Yeap... Sad, spooky stories about terrible days without connection I have... I am sure that I'm not the only one...
How did I succeed to survive BEFORE?
Can't remember...

Introduction in brief



... you know them, I have no doubt! 


-Who are we?
-Internauts!
-What do we want?
-Free high speed internet!
-When do we want it?
-24/7!
-Why do we want it?
-For information!
-Why do we want information?
-Not your damn business!
-Which sort of information ?
-Whatever!