I kept telling people about the hypocrisy of the mobile phone's (don't remember the brand) advert on television, it's slogan was "bringing you together". Biggest pile of shit I ever did hear.
Has anyone took a look around lately, and I mean truly taken a look? At people's faces when you go for a walk? Their actions in groups? Their complete inability to communicate openly. It's like we've stuck ourselves into a pattern. I'll explain in my next comment, there's not enough room in this one.
@joneselius On the street if you try and engage someone in conversation they're going to (98% of the time) be very rude, hesitant or etchy - as in wanting to escape, restless - and they get nervous. Their speech becomes broken and they lose the ability to choerently structure a sentence. It's like we have developed some weird anti-communication cultural symptomatic. BUT, if you ask someone a socially OKAY question, such as, "what's the time" they JUMP at the chance to help because it's easy.
@joneselius It's not that they don't know the answer, as they usually know the answer to most things you're asking, it's that society as a WHOLE has decided that there's only a few things that are 'acceptable' to ask it's a form of self censorship of the worst kind, as we're censoring everything. The desperation for communication is on most people's faces (meaningful communication that is), ever stopped and asked for directions, another acceptable question, only to enter a full blown convo'?
my answer to this would be that it is dependant on how many contacts you have at your beck and call. Your point of view is quite valid and putting this out there is a way that people will understand what being a friend of yours requires. To an extent people need to prioritise on certain friends but not to an ignorance level. As you have an audience on you tube of which you consider most to be friends i can see how this would be an issue. My 2 cents.
Yeah man even though the internet REALLY is good in my opinion, when it comes to meeting friends, I still am always looking for friends in real life. You just have to stand in the middle ground, you can have both friends in real life and on the internet.
we are turning into a generation of shut-ins! gone are the days when you met someone face to face and immediately size them up. now all you have to go on is an image on a screen. myles, for all i know, you could be a midget! are you a midget? one could question the validity of reality itself? what s real? what is false? the answer seems obvious but is it really?
wow this video was a striaght up message. dont quite know the answer to this one. but i honestly say that these different forms of communication is almost a safety blanket that people rely too much. im all about trying to converse in person. when people message me on myspace, facebook, etc. and things get boring i dont respond back. if those people would like to, i'd talk to them in person because it seems like we would talk more.
My video response is a bit obscure, perhaps, but it marks a point of recognition for me: as long as there is some pleasure or joy in the communication, as long as the process is fun, do it. I believe you understand very well that all decisions come down to "either I do it or I don't". No load of pontificating changes that.
as opposed to an almost clone-like entity who knows everyone and claims to like everyone. That might not have made a great deal of sense, because I'm in a rush, but I may blog about the whole 'YouTube journey' thing (because this is mainly based on first-hand experience) in the near future. It's kind of hard to talk about people without naming names etc.
Basically, deal with people and watch people you genuinely like and have found yourself and not through other people. It helps a lot.
First off, the people who aren't worth the time are the ones who watch people because of who they are and not what they do (this is mainly going to be YouTube related, bear with) and follow vast quantities of people on Twitter or whatever because they feel some kind of odd social pressure when in chatrooms like blogtv and stuff, and don't want to miss out on anything. These people then become in the loop with people they don't care about, which prohibits them from becoming a real person...
Hmm...well I dont really know the answer to all of that but i'll just say that im quite a shy person around new people. Im only comfortable around people if I know them really well, so thats why I like the internet cos its easier to talk to people and then if you meet them afterwards its fine. Plus a lot of things I love but my real life friends dont, so its kind of cool to talk to people on here who like the same thing. But it became a problem for me when I was talking to someone for a long-
-time and we had loads in common but we lived in different countries so we'd never meet each other in real life, so I ended up talking to him on here almost every day. But then I realised I was wasting my life, not because I wasnt going out with my friends (I mostly made time to see them) but because I could have been doing something useful like learning to play guitar better or something to achieve life goals and all that. So now I balance my time between replying on here and the real world :)
I try to answer any message promptly but real life gets in the way. I feel bad when I can't respond to someone instantly like I used to when I was in college.
Interesting video and thought provoking. Sounds like a good question for a technology ethics course. I think we are forced to prioritize more so now than in earlier years because of the internet. An interesting question is what are the psychological effects on those who are rejected in this culture of instant gratification and is it as severe as non-virtual rejection? Cheers!
I have to admit, 4 years ago, I was completely addicted to chatting online, forums etc. Because of this time I spent on the computer, I neglected people and missed out on opportunities. I wasn't very sociable and in the end, I sort of feared meeting new people to the point where I was anxious walking in the street. Self-concious.
Right now, I go out at least once a week with friends - we catch up and have fun. I feel healthier and happier for it.
popular people on you tube, or anywhere really, can't be expected to reply to everyone that speaks to them. this is usually why i don't bother, or don't get upset and frustrated when my replies are "ignored" so to speak. i know they're not doing it because they're mean, they just have a life.
tbh i dont think knowing what someone had for breakfast classifies as knowing that person really well, we still need those close friends who care about us as individuals - not just lots of aquaintances who in turn have lots of their own aquaintances.
maybe we all need to step back from our electronic devices we covet so much nowdays and just reach out to what's becoming a lost cultural norm actually socializing with people take the risk more satisfying then any text reply, right?
are culture is already at that point were we have to decide if that person is worth the time we have never realy come into it if you think about it we have always been like that its something that goes hand in hand with comunication
i've known for a few years now that i actually have internet addiction. i have slowly less and less friends. i am sleep deprived from spending late nights on the internet, doing nothing in particular.
years ago i would have been asleep right now, going outside more actually speaking to 30 or so people a day minimum in proper physical communication.
Technology advances in communication are always both good and bad at the same time. Same thing in any kind of major improvement in fact.
In medieval times for example, you had all the time in the world to get tasks done, but then you had the slight disadvantage of being murdered or dieing of an terrible decease.
Now people stay alive and healthy but are still miserable because of the time stresses of today.. Good and bad mostly balance themselves out over time in these situations.
i hate the fact we rely on the internet. we need it now that it's here. same with mobile phones. We were fine before and at least we went to go outside and have a real conversation
with real emotions. instead of emoticons. there are so many miscalculations in emotions over MSN and stuff.
but i shouldn't say this cuz i aswell rely on my computer and mobile to much.
I've been thinking about the same thing lately, almost stepping away from it all last week: YT, twitter, IM's, etc, People get irritated when you don't respond THIS INSTANT, and I've found myself irritated at people for not responding quickly.
I don't see it getting any better. How does one deal with being so connected that you're essentially always working or on your computer?
I appreciate this post, and I appreciate you. I had more to write but my character count is up :) Take care.
The people whom you feel the most comfortable with speaking to and don't mind keeping contact with, you keep contact with them and the others, you slowly reply until it becomes almost nothing.
I think its all based on gutt feeling. you feel comfortable with the person you speak more if you dont, then you speak less until it goes on its own. but i dont think people should ignore people if someone messages then.
Interesting stuff, Myles. However, I think you set up a false proposition with your assertion that there are " TWO types of people", in the context you are discussing. Clearly, people are infinitely more varied tha you suggest :]
Yeah. . . but, in that case, maybe It would be better to preface your comment with " For the sake of argument, let's assume that . . " or some similar form of words. :]
Mozart once said ""[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop." People are like books: there are thousands, they're all great and valuable, but can't read them all, and you can't meet them them all. So Myles, you can't live your life neither in front of a screen nor hitting the "reply" button. People should understand that if they want to be your friend. :)
Everything youve just said ive thought about numerous times and i can honestly say the internet DOES isolate people. Socially i think it has raised levels of social phobias (SAD) as you said talking online is quick and fundementaly avoidant of any face to face awkwardness. No eye contact ..no expressions. Ive made friends online to people and i can honestly say i would meet them but it does become addictive on your time to keep communication and contact as online you can speak your mind.
I think you are absolutely right. I think that society today does have an enormous problem with social communication. Instead of walking down the street and smiling at the people we pass by, our eyes and our minds are locked onto our phones, completely oblivious to the immediate world around us.
I do really hope that people will realize that while we are connected to others through the internet, we are losing our personal connections with real and true friendships. I hope this will change.
Agreed! Whatever happened to the whole eye-to-eye thing and spontaneous smiles and improvised small talk? It's ironic though, because now that we're a little farther away from it, at least we appreciate it more!
I just think those who get upset when others dont reply have to evaluate why they are upset, if they are maybe they need to take a step back from the online world, as it does isolate you. I noticed that the people who are very popular on youtube never reply to comments I have left, and guess what it does NOT bother me, they are receiving hundreds of hellos and how r u? I dont think they want to repeat a hundred times the same answer.
Hehe, you're totally right. The artist can't get back to every single comment! People should understand that popular persons do appreciate the feedback, but they have a life to live, and like I commented before, they can't spend their lives hitting the "reply" button!
I always knew that when I created my youtube channel I would maybe have a lot of subscribers, or maybe not, but I went into the online community expecting nothing and only holding a positive attitude. If I make friends that is wonderful, I have made a few so far but I dont expect them to reply to my every question, we all have real lives to live.
Communicating online is a great way to meet people from all around the world, exchange ideas and creativity, and sometimes make real life friendships. Thats the positive. The negative is that too many people want attention and seek to communicate destructively; some do this because they are mentally disturbed or just mean spirited. Everyone wants to be popular and be part of the in crowd as I call it. Thats why people get sensitive when other people dont reply to them.
i dont see it as an issue because it's also cool to know what is happening in other parts of the world. not just international news you get from the internet, newspapers, etc, but the little things in peoples lives as well. i think it brings together the world and lets us all feel closer to each other and it gives opportunities to make new friends everywhere. so basically the internet rocks haha :)
To be honest, I think you are doing a perfect job as you are. You try your best but of course you cannot reply to everyone, I mean...I have gotten at least 2 replies from you before which is a lot more than any other popular Youtuber I have subscribed to so...keep up the good work.
True. This kind of thing is in psychology textbooks. Some people will become very depressed when neglected on social internet applications like facebook, youtube, etc. Since internet has taken over in so many ways, for some its like being rejected in person.
Interesting stuff Miles. The way I deal with it is while I will comunicate with many people over the internet most of which I have not ever met such as you good self, all the social networking I do online is actaully done with people I know in the flesh as it were. That seems to me to be the only half fair way of disributing my time.
I think that the world has been opened up to people like never before, and it's up to everyone to figure out if they want to step outside their "little box" and see what else is out there.
i would say that most people will only talk to or interact with those who they want to anyway, be that their closest internet friends or closest real-life friends who they havent been able to catch up with for a few days.
Etiquette tells us not to ignore people so we might fob them off with a short, noncommital reply but this doesnt mean we care about them as such and who we do it to will tell us who our actual friends are.
Utopia: Very small house, off the grid, satellite internet, work from home, just me and boyfriend and cats and dog, no more than once-weekly trips to town. No visitors and outside the sight or sound of other humans. I'll email if I need to tell you anything, no answering the phone except emergencies (leave voice mail). Go away, world.
As always Myles - asking the right questions. If i knew that it would inconvinience someone for them to have to respond to me. Then i wouldn't want them to. I can only hope that the online community will adopt this attitude.
this is true.. i think its been raisning numbers in cyber comunication rather than face to face.. it gives us a chance to comunicate to the world and meet people, but then again can take the fact that we do need to keep contact with people who live near to us..i prefer face to face talking.. and video messaging.. im and oveer the fone is all well and good if were talking about meeting up x or what were going to be doing..
Of course you have to prioritize. You do so naturally, or you would go crazy. I think you'll know instinctively who you want to spend time with and who not. And it's also just up to you to decide if you owe any dissatisfied people an explanation. Sometimes a little clarification (like this vid) might help. But you can't just talk to anyone.
Hah,I have no life.I know more people on the internet than I know in real life,and it's tragic and sad.I'd rather not have even gotten a Myspace,or MSN and such in the first place,it just isolates you from the people you know in real life,because you get so distracted with the people you know online.But the worst thing is,the Internet is addicting.And it does affect the way you act,and it sucks.
Haha well videos are always open to interpretation. I guess you can either look at single things in life...or take all the evidence and make an intellegent judgement ;)
i feel like we haven't just started ignoring or replying to people.
it's happened since before the internet.
if someone walks up to you, that you don't want to talk to, you can be short with them and walk away. the first thing that comes to my mind is ladies at bars. if a disgusting looking male walks up to a lady, and she doesn't want to talk to him, she can snuff him, easily.
and even though i'm online all the time, i'm still one of the people who knows a little amount of people well.
but i feel that if you want to talk to them, want to keep the relationship strong/going, you'll find time. and maybe it can't be physically in person to talk to them.
other people can understand if you later, like the next day, respond with "sorry, i was catching up with a friend" or "making a video" and you couldn't talk to them. i think that if they can't understand that you are not their only friend, they aren't worth time.
the internet is great for meeting new people and making new friends, because of the safety you feel. behind a screen you don't have to worry about what others think. but i think that it starts to mess with how you act in real life. and it is an issue, because too many people stay inside all the time, instead of going out to be with their friends. though i love the internet, i think more time should be spent with real friends. they are deserving of our time, more that pen pals and the like.
I'm struggling with it at the moment because alot of my 'online events' are clashing with 'irl events'. It's hard because the internet isn't just somewhere that I post videos of myself, it's somewhere that I have made friends- some better than irl friends!
It's so important to get the balance right, so I'm hoping I'll be able to do that soon!
I think this population of the internet has destroyed its quality.
Facebook is so pointless to me. Unlike MySpace, which was about making friends, Facebook just seems like a pointless rally for all people with a load of mates. No one wants to make new friends and find it weird when strangers add them.
We prioritise people now, whether we realise that or not. We choose who we call, who's videos we watch, who we hang out with etc etc. So, it's only natural that we'd do the same on the Internet as well.
We can't like everyone, or be liked by everyone. Some people can't handle that, i'm afraid.
You said that some people are 'hubs' & i agree with you. You are one of those hubs & certain people want to be associated with you because of that.
I reply to basically every comment I get on my comment wall cause I think it is polite.
but then I get people leaving comments just saying "hey" and I feel I have to responed saying "hey" back. This then starts a conversation of the boring "wuu2" and I reply to everything to be polite, but when it happens basically every day it gets too much. I don't want to ignore them cause then they'll get angry at me or upset with me, but answering "wuu2" every day?! my life doesn't change greatly daily!
nice video Blade, very thoughtful...I've been mulling over the same sort of issues in my head too. Especially about the differences between close-circle people and popular people, you make it very clear. awesome
There was a time, where I had no real life friends, but alot of online friends. Then I started thinkikng: Are those people really my friends? I have never met them, I really don't know, if their personality is fake or not, I don't even know, if their age is real or not.
A few internet friends are okay, but real life is so much more important. And it is hard getting back into it, once you have stayed out of it, for too long...
My friends live about an hours (or more) walk away, so I can't visit them every day, and I can only see them at school, or on the weekends when our parents can take us to each other.
Wasn't my camera haha! Although my camera can do the same HD quality....BUT his has colour correction and special focus settings... AND my computer is lame :(
I don't have anyone in real life.. Nobody online either anymore. I'm practically isolated from everything. Used to be alot more fun when i was younger. I was obsessed with Habbo lol. Now 22 and everythings buggered.
In a broader philosophical, geographical, sociological way, I think the internet is just the culmination of the progress of human communication. If you were to graph how many people were living on the planet between the year 1809 and 2009 along with a plotted line next to it showing how big their average social circle was, you'd see a sharp rise in the size of social circles with the rise in population. The internet is just the tool the human race made to make an increasingly difficult task --
-- a lot easier. Now, of course this brings about entirely new questions of morality and even spirituality concerning who we give our time to. Just 50 years ago someone who had a social circle of 100 or so people would have to be considered very popular, at least for their geographic location -- now 100 friends seems almost paltry in comparison to the standards of the new age. Over-all I just think this is an evolution of communication, and it's a good thing. However, it's had an odd result --
-- because our social circles are getting bigger and bigger and bigger, we have begun sadly to treat other people like commodities. The whole idea of "social networking" is in my philosophical view an affront to the very nature of social groups. Never before has the term "social" been stamped next to such a heartless word as "networking", and never before have we looked at human beings and the attention they offer as a prize to be won. --
In a big way, the increasing potential for humans to be given attention in this new age of communication has lead us to crave that attention more and more, which I believe has lead almost entirely to the sudden wave of ADHD that has quite literally bitch slapped younger generations. The question to whether the breakthrough in communications which has taken place over the last 25 years is a good or bad thing is something I could literally write my dissertation on, so....I'll just leave it at that
MMmm...I don't quite agree. Seeking out social events has a lot to do with the individual and it's fears, etc. Personally I love youtube, and I use it all the time when I need to, because it's a different way of staying informed about the world. I guess you could say it's more personal. On the other hand, I am not one of those who seek out every single opportunity the intahwebs has to offer. So....I guess it's really quite individual. Eh?
i could say what i think but then i'm not sure it's worth my time, either. :P overall, i think it's more of a personality thing than anything else. kinda like you said - the two kinds of people thing. since i'm the loner type who knows only few, the other type shit me. i only spend time w/ppl i consider worth knowing & vice versa but hence give them more time. :) the few relationships i do have are deep & real. i coulda been the popular gal n got elected class president - but choose not to be.
You're so right about the internet taking away our need to embrace any opportunity to socialise - DMCs can take place instantly online, offer the chance to talk about something right away instead of having to meet up. That sounds like I prefer online chat more than meeting up, but I'm just pointing out the convenience. We can filter out people we don't want to talk to, but it'd take a rude person to do that IRL - could that even mean we're missing chances to make great friends?
I can see where you're coming from. I like to think that humans will, in the end, sort it out so that technology doesn't obstruct and only helps but with some people just replacing stimulus with technology they are shunning other aspects of life rather than integrating and embracing interaction. I don't know how I personally fit into this, I hope in a good mix somewhere in between the extremes.
Absolute communication, absolute isolation, the isolation surly is reference to the fact that you are comunicating with many but you do it in isolation, in front of a computer and not that you can communicate from isolated places...? It makes more sense.
Hi Myles! Well, I'll not reply to your question now but I'll ask you to pleaseeeeee make more videos like this one. I just love you dissertations. You are a great communicator
It's true what you said about life becoming nothing but responding. As much as I wish my life was exciting enough to have something new to tell my friends every second of everyday, it's just not. Instant communication just makes it worse as then when you do have something to say it's said right away and you're left again with nothing. Fortunately I have a few friends with whom I don't tend to talk via IM or Facebook, which is great cause then when I see them it feels liek you catch up properly
i tend to as you said "not reply" to some ppl after awhile, because we aren't actually talking about anything. the information is already known pretty much through facebook or wherever..
my usage of the internet is for knowledge research. things out of my normal reach (information on other countries and what not.) listen to new music i wouldn't have been able to since it is located across the globe...
however, i say that writing to ppl has been easier... talking is more comfortable XD
I think everybody should spend less time on the internet and more time outside or with friends (uh, Real friends... not Internet friends... ), including myself.
I've been thinking about it lately too.I've read in nerimon's diary that all these social networking sites like facebook are like a different version of the sims.We just play the game while using them -which has nothing to do with real social interactions.
I think people just don't need these kind of sites.
The only solution to that problem seems to be -don't spend half of your day on the Internet and be interested in people around you.
cant stand twitter. will never come to understand what the point is of writting when i got up or if im flipping a burger. dislike facebook for that matter.
I spend a LOT of time on line. I love it but I do lose much of that more meaningful, face-to-face, interaction with those around me. I have been known to spend entire days on Facebook commenting on status updates which keeps me in contact with people but doesn't gain me any interaction.
I love interacting with people in meatspace too but for some reason I push it aside. Luckily my chosen career, actor, forces me to interact with more meaning with people than perhaps I otherwise would
I think society will continue to evolve over time without a doubt, hopefully improving the quality of life for all of us. We have this great. Tool that allows us to be friends with people all over the world in real time, allowing us to find the similarities in our cultures and discuss our differences in a way that hopefully gets less and less ethnocentric.
i dont think that communication through the internet is an issue, i think its just the way society has developed. its not something debatable along the lines of whether we should do it or not, but its just become a way of life.
The bad side of internet access is the fact we've traded actual human contact to cyber contact. This includes talking by phone, computer, even the television.
But there is also the good side, you can talk to multiple people at once while using the internet and also talking to people from very different parts of the world and in different life situations that would normally not be able to.
It all depends on the amount of time spent on technology instead of creating an actual life for yourself.
My internet communication, and real life communication balance each other out.
There was a time when I got frustrated with people, and became addicted. So, I had to stop. I was depressed for a while, but now I have stronger friendships with my IRL friends, and my 3 online friends.
It's weird though, because being online, but focusing on my IRL friends has made my social circle expand oddly. I found out that I really get on with a guy I've gone to school with for 5 years, thanks for IMing.
One more thing - Thanks to Internet search and social sites, I have recently been able to re-connect with friends who moved and moved on. My life is now richer because I have them back!
I would have thought it common sense that you can't respond to the thousands of people who follow you and communicate.
I think eventually we'll all filter out useless info e.g. what people eat for breakfast (will they update us when the try a new cereal and will we really want to care?)
Internet has created a new kind of intimacy. I feel MORE connected to friends now because I have additional easy access without demanding attention on my timetable.
I think real life definitely gives it an added dimension, but I don't think it's a requirement in order to be meaningful. Every video I've watched was created by a real person with real ideas, and these people come from all walks of life, all over the world. The best part about it is that it isn't sanitized by some corporate content overlord before being packaged and delivered when and how *they* want. I can honestly say I've been enriched by the experience.
I kept telling people about the hypocrisy of the mobile phone's (don't remember the brand) advert on television, it's slogan was "bringing you together". Biggest pile of shit I ever did hear.
Has anyone took a look around lately, and I mean truly taken a look? At people's faces when you go for a walk? Their actions in groups? Their complete inability to communicate openly. It's like we've stuck ourselves into a pattern. I'll explain in my next comment, there's not enough room in this one.
joneselius 1 year ago
@joneselius On the street if you try and engage someone in conversation they're going to (98% of the time) be very rude, hesitant or etchy - as in wanting to escape, restless - and they get nervous. Their speech becomes broken and they lose the ability to choerently structure a sentence. It's like we have developed some weird anti-communication cultural symptomatic. BUT, if you ask someone a socially OKAY question, such as, "what's the time" they JUMP at the chance to help because it's easy.
joneselius 1 year ago
@joneselius It's not that they don't know the answer, as they usually know the answer to most things you're asking, it's that society as a WHOLE has decided that there's only a few things that are 'acceptable' to ask it's a form of self censorship of the worst kind, as we're censoring everything. The desperation for communication is on most people's faces (meaningful communication that is), ever stopped and asked for directions, another acceptable question, only to enter a full blown convo'?
joneselius 1 year ago
brilliant, I've realized this as well
impersonal communication via technology seems to be the friendships of the future
I don't participate online social networking . . .and because of this, I've isolated myself. It's like self-imposed exile.
eternallyempty 2 years ago
im a person that knows few people and thought i knew them well u_u"
Mattyroxx49 2 years ago
i thought you said youd never wear a head band xD
Mattyroxx49 2 years ago
the golden cage. theory of self-(in)sufficiency.
Model of society representing bad influence of Internet and technology - JAPAN.
They installed classes of face gesturing and mimics for children of all ages, cause they forgot how to.
TzernohSyeme 2 years ago
my answer to this would be that it is dependant on how many contacts you have at your beck and call. Your point of view is quite valid and putting this out there is a way that people will understand what being a friend of yours requires. To an extent people need to prioritise on certain friends but not to an ignorance level. As you have an audience on you tube of which you consider most to be friends i can see how this would be an issue. My 2 cents.
benmooe2 2 years ago
dude you are super smart. and super cute
yourstruelylizzy 2 years ago
i love your videos. they make me think :)
heyabeka 2 years ago
Yeah man even though the internet REALLY is good in my opinion, when it comes to meeting friends, I still am always looking for friends in real life. You just have to stand in the middle ground, you can have both friends in real life and on the internet.
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unjadedchaos 2 years ago
most of the messages below me are paragraphs...lol
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unjadedchaos 2 years ago
we are turning into a generation of shut-ins! gone are the days when you met someone face to face and immediately size them up. now all you have to go on is an image on a screen. myles, for all i know, you could be a midget! are you a midget? one could question the validity of reality itself? what s real? what is false? the answer seems obvious but is it really?
lonelyqueen86 2 years ago
My brain hurts...in a good way. I like how your videos actually make me think instead of just being entertained at the moment.
behniwal08 2 years ago
wow this video was a striaght up message. dont quite know the answer to this one. but i honestly say that these different forms of communication is almost a safety blanket that people rely too much. im all about trying to converse in person. when people message me on myspace, facebook, etc. and things get boring i dont respond back. if those people would like to, i'd talk to them in person because it seems like we would talk more.
annecatherineKB 2 years ago
My video response is a bit obscure, perhaps, but it marks a point of recognition for me: as long as there is some pleasure or joy in the communication, as long as the process is fun, do it. I believe you understand very well that all decisions come down to "either I do it or I don't". No load of pontificating changes that.
phainopepla95 2 years ago
as opposed to an almost clone-like entity who knows everyone and claims to like everyone. That might not have made a great deal of sense, because I'm in a rush, but I may blog about the whole 'YouTube journey' thing (because this is mainly based on first-hand experience) in the near future. It's kind of hard to talk about people without naming names etc.
Basically, deal with people and watch people you genuinely like and have found yourself and not through other people. It helps a lot.
hollium 2 years ago
First off, the people who aren't worth the time are the ones who watch people because of who they are and not what they do (this is mainly going to be YouTube related, bear with) and follow vast quantities of people on Twitter or whatever because they feel some kind of odd social pressure when in chatrooms like blogtv and stuff, and don't want to miss out on anything. These people then become in the loop with people they don't care about, which prohibits them from becoming a real person...
hollium 2 years ago
Hmm...well I dont really know the answer to all of that but i'll just say that im quite a shy person around new people. Im only comfortable around people if I know them really well, so thats why I like the internet cos its easier to talk to people and then if you meet them afterwards its fine. Plus a lot of things I love but my real life friends dont, so its kind of cool to talk to people on here who like the same thing. But it became a problem for me when I was talking to someone for a long-
xkara08x 2 years ago 2
-time and we had loads in common but we lived in different countries so we'd never meet each other in real life, so I ended up talking to him on here almost every day. But then I realised I was wasting my life, not because I wasnt going out with my friends (I mostly made time to see them) but because I could have been doing something useful like learning to play guitar better or something to achieve life goals and all that. So now I balance my time between replying on here and the real world :)
xkara08x 2 years ago
you are a beautiful person and i love watching your videos no matter what you talk about.
xocrazyfororange 2 years ago
That's not great then :S
hollium 2 years ago
Myles, you make great videos with very thoughtful points :) Keep up the awesome work!
queenofgrungedom 2 years ago
I try to answer any message promptly but real life gets in the way. I feel bad when I can't respond to someone instantly like I used to when I was in college.
itsjustinleon 2 years ago
Yay! Fake british accents all around youtube. 9/10 youtubers are brits, right right!
Teasedingo 2 years ago
Interesting video and thought provoking. Sounds like a good question for a technology ethics course. I think we are forced to prioritize more so now than in earlier years because of the internet. An interesting question is what are the psychological effects on those who are rejected in this culture of instant gratification and is it as severe as non-virtual rejection? Cheers!
razellicious 2 years ago
because of the job that I have, I spend a lot of time online. I get really impatient when someone takes more than 2 days to respond to an e-mail. T_T
a week is probably a reasonable wait time though.
jharsika 2 years ago
I have to admit, 4 years ago, I was completely addicted to chatting online, forums etc. Because of this time I spent on the computer, I neglected people and missed out on opportunities. I wasn't very sociable and in the end, I sort of feared meeting new people to the point where I was anxious walking in the street. Self-concious.
Right now, I go out at least once a week with friends - we catch up and have fun. I feel healthier and happier for it.
So yes, I believe it is a problem.
Meliichigo 2 years ago 2
popular people on you tube, or anywhere really, can't be expected to reply to everyone that speaks to them. this is usually why i don't bother, or don't get upset and frustrated when my replies are "ignored" so to speak. i know they're not doing it because they're mean, they just have a life.
thexev 2 years ago 2
This reminds me so much of my undergraduate degree in Communications. Nice work.
katelouise88 2 years ago
deep... i like :)
Sherookie 2 years ago
tbh i dont think knowing what someone had for breakfast classifies as knowing that person really well, we still need those close friends who care about us as individuals - not just lots of aquaintances who in turn have lots of their own aquaintances.
BananaPancake92 2 years ago
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TheBlindTwig 2 years ago
VIATROPHY! commentjack :-)
Oh dear I am addicted. I meet my friends in the day and then MSN them at night.
sth209 2 years ago
maybe we all need to step back from our electronic devices we covet so much nowdays and just reach out to what's becoming a lost cultural norm actually socializing with people take the risk more satisfying then any text reply, right?
sny625 2 years ago
are culture is already at that point were we have to decide if that person is worth the time we have never realy come into it if you think about it we have always been like that its something that goes hand in hand with comunication
Gleam16 2 years ago
i've known for a few years now that i actually have internet addiction. i have slowly less and less friends. i am sleep deprived from spending late nights on the internet, doing nothing in particular.
years ago i would have been asleep right now, going outside more actually speaking to 30 or so people a day minimum in proper physical communication.
jigglypuffgirl 2 years ago
same here, except without the years ago talking to people.
I get on average 3-5 hours of sleep a night, but I don't really mind it..
There's so much to do and so little time..
JareduPS 2 years ago
yea internet addiction sucks. Same thing happened to me Now i only get 1 friend that rarely visits me :/
demonjack123 2 years ago
Technology advances in communication are always both good and bad at the same time. Same thing in any kind of major improvement in fact.
In medieval times for example, you had all the time in the world to get tasks done, but then you had the slight disadvantage of being murdered or dieing of an terrible decease.
Now people stay alive and healthy but are still miserable because of the time stresses of today.. Good and bad mostly balance themselves out over time in these situations.
TheRealBlackPuma 2 years ago
KUDOS!... with the whole interent comment
heyyitsmaggiex2 2 years ago
i hate the fact we rely on the internet. we need it now that it's here. same with mobile phones. We were fine before and at least we went to go outside and have a real conversation
with real emotions. instead of emoticons. there are so many miscalculations in emotions over MSN and stuff.
but i shouldn't say this cuz i aswell rely on my computer and mobile to much.
domaiii 2 years ago
This is so true and so inspirational,
you have amazing thoughts and opinions-
you have made me realise i need to spend less time on internet and more time seeing friends in real life. thank you.
inthejungle101 2 years ago
Great video. Interesting discussion. Has anyone ever mentioned that you look and sound a bit like that guy from Spinal Tap? No offense intended.
blackturtleshow 2 years ago
Yeah I like how you think.I mean I like your opinions.
HelenaaaaK 2 years ago
i love your videos, tbh.
hey get me thinking about things in more detail
BringIzsyTheHorizon 2 years ago
I've been thinking about the same thing lately, almost stepping away from it all last week: YT, twitter, IM's, etc, People get irritated when you don't respond THIS INSTANT, and I've found myself irritated at people for not responding quickly.
I don't see it getting any better. How does one deal with being so connected that you're essentially always working or on your computer?
I appreciate this post, and I appreciate you. I had more to write but my character count is up :) Take care.
wilsontech1 2 years ago
continuation..
answer them, but based on the answer you give, it will show if you're interested into speaking to that person or not
Maha87 2 years ago
The people whom you feel the most comfortable with speaking to and don't mind keeping contact with, you keep contact with them and the others, you slowly reply until it becomes almost nothing.
I think its all based on gutt feeling. you feel comfortable with the person you speak more if you dont, then you speak less until it goes on its own. but i dont think people should ignore people if someone messages then.
Maha87 2 years ago
Interesting stuff, Myles. However, I think you set up a false proposition with your assertion that there are " TWO types of people", in the context you are discussing. Clearly, people are infinitely more varied tha you suggest :]
stufish4040 2 years ago
Of course but for any discussion you need to set ends of a spectrum. It would be ludacris to spend time explaining every possible variation =]
Blade376 2 years ago 6
Yeah. . . but, in that case, maybe It would be better to preface your comment with " For the sake of argument, let's assume that . . " or some similar form of words. :]
stufish4040 2 years ago
thought provoking.
pixonu 2 years ago
Your videos really make me think... I've been away so its been good to catch up on the ones I've missed
ChrisMcHugh 2 years ago
you are so hott
shelbyisraddyeah 2 years ago
Mozart once said ""[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop." People are like books: there are thousands, they're all great and valuable, but can't read them all, and you can't meet them them all. So Myles, you can't live your life neither in front of a screen nor hitting the "reply" button. People should understand that if they want to be your friend. :)
romymistique 2 years ago
Everything youve just said ive thought about numerous times and i can honestly say the internet DOES isolate people. Socially i think it has raised levels of social phobias (SAD) as you said talking online is quick and fundementaly avoidant of any face to face awkwardness. No eye contact ..no expressions. Ive made friends online to people and i can honestly say i would meet them but it does become addictive on your time to keep communication and contact as online you can speak your mind.
MagicalMoore 2 years ago
I think you are absolutely right. I think that society today does have an enormous problem with social communication. Instead of walking down the street and smiling at the people we pass by, our eyes and our minds are locked onto our phones, completely oblivious to the immediate world around us.
I do really hope that people will realize that while we are connected to others through the internet, we are losing our personal connections with real and true friendships. I hope this will change.
Yori38 2 years ago
Agreed! Whatever happened to the whole eye-to-eye thing and spontaneous smiles and improvised small talk? It's ironic though, because now that we're a little farther away from it, at least we appreciate it more!
romymistique 2 years ago
So take it lightly youtubers there is always people to talk with if its not one it will be the other. ♥♥
SimplyStephy1980 2 years ago
I just think those who get upset when others dont reply have to evaluate why they are upset, if they are maybe they need to take a step back from the online world, as it does isolate you. I noticed that the people who are very popular on youtube never reply to comments I have left, and guess what it does NOT bother me, they are receiving hundreds of hellos and how r u? I dont think they want to repeat a hundred times the same answer.
SimplyStephy1980 2 years ago
Hehe, you're totally right. The artist can't get back to every single comment! People should understand that popular persons do appreciate the feedback, but they have a life to live, and like I commented before, they can't spend their lives hitting the "reply" button!
romymistique 2 years ago
I always knew that when I created my youtube channel I would maybe have a lot of subscribers, or maybe not, but I went into the online community expecting nothing and only holding a positive attitude. If I make friends that is wonderful, I have made a few so far but I dont expect them to reply to my every question, we all have real lives to live.
SimplyStephy1980 2 years ago
Communicating online is a great way to meet people from all around the world, exchange ideas and creativity, and sometimes make real life friendships. Thats the positive. The negative is that too many people want attention and seek to communicate destructively; some do this because they are mentally disturbed or just mean spirited. Everyone wants to be popular and be part of the in crowd as I call it. Thats why people get sensitive when other people dont reply to them.
SimplyStephy1980 2 years ago
Understandable. I admire your ability to make the speech so fluent.. you've not once hesitated...
DefinitelyNotMsSmith 2 years ago 3
this is thought provoking :)
lizbiz808 2 years ago 2
haha, my words exactly. A lot of his videos are like that.
megnut12 2 years ago
i had a real long comment to write but i was like 500 characters long :(
youcantbematt 2 years ago
very profound thinking.
Jessieboo1991 2 years ago
wow pretty deep....more than deep if theres a word for it....gets a person thinking 5/5
eldnaceeknay 2 years ago
woh, high quality myles!
naty214 2 years ago
i dont see it as an issue because it's also cool to know what is happening in other parts of the world. not just international news you get from the internet, newspapers, etc, but the little things in peoples lives as well. i think it brings together the world and lets us all feel closer to each other and it gives opportunities to make new friends everywhere. so basically the internet rocks haha :)
okstevie11 2 years ago
To be honest, I think you are doing a perfect job as you are. You try your best but of course you cannot reply to everyone, I mean...I have gotten at least 2 replies from you before which is a lot more than any other popular Youtuber I have subscribed to so...keep up the good work.
TheZombiePanda 2 years ago
Twitter is the youtube messenger. If you dont tweet, ya dont eat x
CheekTV 2 years ago
True. This kind of thing is in psychology textbooks. Some people will become very depressed when neglected on social internet applications like facebook, youtube, etc. Since internet has taken over in so many ways, for some its like being rejected in person.
uknowwho05 2 years ago
Interesting stuff Miles. The way I deal with it is while I will comunicate with many people over the internet most of which I have not ever met such as you good self, all the social networking I do online is actaully done with people I know in the flesh as it were. That seems to me to be the only half fair way of disributing my time.
grnlfe01 2 years ago
omg no way! youre in my living room lol. Same wall colour, same sofa...thats just weird, man.
Pirzic 2 years ago 2
Sorry! I should of asked your permission first. I thought you wouldn't have minded =p
Blade376 2 years ago
I think that the world has been opened up to people like never before, and it's up to everyone to figure out if they want to step outside their "little box" and see what else is out there.
mattlaw25 2 years ago
You're so incredibly right, and I've never considered this thought before. Very interesting!
I've never noticed your beautiful green eyes before :D They're so pretty!
VanillaSponk 2 years ago
i would say that most people will only talk to or interact with those who they want to anyway, be that their closest internet friends or closest real-life friends who they havent been able to catch up with for a few days.
Etiquette tells us not to ignore people so we might fob them off with a short, noncommital reply but this doesnt mean we care about them as such and who we do it to will tell us who our actual friends are.
123452345634567 2 years ago
Utopia: Very small house, off the grid, satellite internet, work from home, just me and boyfriend and cats and dog, no more than once-weekly trips to town. No visitors and outside the sight or sound of other humans. I'll email if I need to tell you anything, no answering the phone except emergencies (leave voice mail). Go away, world.
If you have nets, you have everything.
toomanythings 2 years ago
As always Myles - asking the right questions. If i knew that it would inconvinience someone for them to have to respond to me. Then i wouldn't want them to. I can only hope that the online community will adopt this attitude.
- Alex
swantonbomb41xXx 2 years ago
That is interesting..
think, in the future.. can we make things any more simpler for us?
and if we could..
people are allready lazy as is, like myself.
its a good question ;P
israel4506 2 years ago
this is true.. i think its been raisning numbers in cyber comunication rather than face to face.. it gives us a chance to comunicate to the world and meet people, but then again can take the fact that we do need to keep contact with people who live near to us..i prefer face to face talking.. and video messaging.. im and oveer the fone is all well and good if were talking about meeting up x or what were going to be doing..
FlamboyantLizzi 2 years ago
Of course you have to prioritize. You do so naturally, or you would go crazy. I think you'll know instinctively who you want to spend time with and who not. And it's also just up to you to decide if you owe any dissatisfied people an explanation. Sometimes a little clarification (like this vid) might help. But you can't just talk to anyone.
jbdazen 2 years ago
This video reminded me of how much I miss knowing someone...having those few, close friends.
EcstasyCandy 2 years ago 2
wahhhhhhhhh why do you ignoreeeee me :(
AntiCitizenOne1 2 years ago
Hah,I have no life.I know more people on the internet than I know in real life,and it's tragic and sad.I'd rather not have even gotten a Myspace,or MSN and such in the first place,it just isolates you from the people you know in real life,because you get so distracted with the people you know online.But the worst thing is,the Internet is addicting.And it does affect the way you act,and it sucks.
Deekaytm 2 years ago 2
if you responded to everyone and said you couldnt talk right now and you wouldnt have anything to talk about, wouldnt that be a paradox?
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camcam394 2 years ago
What i meant was. If all i am doing is spending my time telling people i cannot talk right now... i wouldn't have time to do anything else.
Thus not actually having anything to talk about.
I.e. "Hey Myles what have you been up to today?"
"Telling people i cannot talk right now"
Blade376 2 years ago
andd iiiiiiiiiiiiieeeiiiiii willl allllwaayyyysss loveeeee yooouuuuu ooooooooo iiiiiiii eeee iiiiiiii lol
mizkazmusic 2 years ago
It looks liek you've rejected all of us by saying "...And who is not" and putting your hand over the camera. An accidental message to ponder over? :)
JoeCooper1994 2 years ago
Haha well videos are always open to interpretation. I guess you can either look at single things in life...or take all the evidence and make an intellegent judgement ;)
Blade376 2 years ago
i really don't acknowledge the information about people i don't care for
janitorbud 2 years ago
i feel like we haven't just started ignoring or replying to people.
it's happened since before the internet.
if someone walks up to you, that you don't want to talk to, you can be short with them and walk away. the first thing that comes to my mind is ladies at bars. if a disgusting looking male walks up to a lady, and she doesn't want to talk to him, she can snuff him, easily.
and even though i'm online all the time, i'm still one of the people who knows a little amount of people well.
janitorbud 2 years ago
Hm but my point is there are people now... who you may want to talk to, but you just don't physically have time to!
Blade376 2 years ago
but i feel that if you want to talk to them, want to keep the relationship strong/going, you'll find time. and maybe it can't be physically in person to talk to them.
other people can understand if you later, like the next day, respond with "sorry, i was catching up with a friend" or "making a video" and you couldn't talk to them. i think that if they can't understand that you are not their only friend, they aren't worth time.
janitorbud 2 years ago
the internet is great for meeting new people and making new friends, because of the safety you feel. behind a screen you don't have to worry about what others think. but i think that it starts to mess with how you act in real life. and it is an issue, because too many people stay inside all the time, instead of going out to be with their friends. though i love the internet, i think more time should be spent with real friends. they are deserving of our time, more that pen pals and the like.
ydoiwatchthese 2 years ago
wow. some true stuff
SaveYourScissorsx 2 years ago
I'm struggling with it at the moment because alot of my 'online events' are clashing with 'irl events'. It's hard because the internet isn't just somewhere that I post videos of myself, it's somewhere that I have made friends- some better than irl friends!
It's so important to get the balance right, so I'm hoping I'll be able to do that soon!
BethOnTop 2 years ago
I think this population of the internet has destroyed its quality.
Facebook is so pointless to me. Unlike MySpace, which was about making friends, Facebook just seems like a pointless rally for all people with a load of mates. No one wants to make new friends and find it weird when strangers add them.
I really hate it now. Tbh.
iusefizzylogic 2 years ago
great vid, really gives yew alot to think about!!
fictionly92 2 years ago
great video myles. so true!
234567y356831693gree 2 years ago
Good questions.
We prioritise people now, whether we realise that or not. We choose who we call, who's videos we watch, who we hang out with etc etc. So, it's only natural that we'd do the same on the Internet as well.
We can't like everyone, or be liked by everyone. Some people can't handle that, i'm afraid.
You said that some people are 'hubs' & i agree with you. You are one of those hubs & certain people want to be associated with you because of that.
That's the same as IRL :)
andymooseman 2 years ago
its only a problem if you let be a problem-in then you have to do what is best for yourself.
benzone50 2 years ago
I reply to basically every comment I get on my comment wall cause I think it is polite.
but then I get people leaving comments just saying "hey" and I feel I have to responed saying "hey" back. This then starts a conversation of the boring "wuu2" and I reply to everything to be polite, but when it happens basically every day it gets too much. I don't want to ignore them cause then they'll get angry at me or upset with me, but answering "wuu2" every day?! my life doesn't change greatly daily!
Jonnyiswhatweaimfor 2 years ago
nice video Blade, very thoughtful...I've been mulling over the same sort of issues in my head too. Especially about the differences between close-circle people and popular people, you make it very clear. awesome
Destro7000 2 years ago
I feel that new technology slows progress of our species.
Hackerfromthe90s 2 years ago
Yeah, I totally get what your saying.
Great vid
ReadingIsForReaders 2 years ago
Very meaningful and good video!
There was a time, where I had no real life friends, but alot of online friends. Then I started thinkikng: Are those people really my friends? I have never met them, I really don't know, if their personality is fake or not, I don't even know, if their age is real or not.
A few internet friends are okay, but real life is so much more important. And it is hard getting back into it, once you have stayed out of it, for too long...
NinLor 2 years ago
Thank you, on behalf of 1/3 of us =p haha
Although *cough* it's Myles *cough* =] x
Blade376 2 years ago
Great video, and a good point, love the quote too!
FilmmakerMichael 2 years ago
I think computers have taken over.
Just in general.
For me, I don't have a lot of good friends in real life, because just generally I'm interested in different things to people.
The internet for me, is a way to find someone with similar interests, and being able to make a real friend, just on the internet.
^_^
cloudsaredreams 2 years ago 3
Hmmm.
I'm the type who stays on the computer a lot because some of my best friends life far away of no fault of my own :/
But, I get what you're saying :3
vickinoble 2 years ago
Same here.
My friends live about an hours (or more) walk away, so I can't visit them every day, and I can only see them at school, or on the weekends when our parents can take us to each other.
alexfoyle 2 years ago
wow that was a very meaningful video
love it!
qwertyflib1 2 years ago
Decent points made here Myles and nice definition on your camera.
ThatSnorlax 2 years ago 2
Wasn't my camera haha! Although my camera can do the same HD quality....BUT his has colour correction and special focus settings... AND my computer is lame :(
Thanks though x
Blade376 2 years ago
You talk sense, its good to see someone who i think talks sense!
Grinch88888888 2 years ago 2
I don't have anyone in real life.. Nobody online either anymore. I'm practically isolated from everything. Used to be alot more fun when i was younger. I was obsessed with Habbo lol. Now 22 and everythings buggered.
ChickaFlump 2 years ago
Habbos really mucked up now
KN1F3toMyTHR04T 2 years ago
That was an awesome video, and so meaningful...your awesome Myles. Oh and by the way lovin' the jumper :P I want.
JokerProof 2 years ago
wow, all of your videos are so funny or so meaning full.
Great job dude.
Cyber128 2 years ago
I totaly agree, it's hard for everyone, but i think we should get the fuck of our computers and meet in person, you have a lot more fun that way
888peanut888 2 years ago
In a broader philosophical, geographical, sociological way, I think the internet is just the culmination of the progress of human communication. If you were to graph how many people were living on the planet between the year 1809 and 2009 along with a plotted line next to it showing how big their average social circle was, you'd see a sharp rise in the size of social circles with the rise in population. The internet is just the tool the human race made to make an increasingly difficult task --
Stoudman 2 years ago
-- a lot easier. Now, of course this brings about entirely new questions of morality and even spirituality concerning who we give our time to. Just 50 years ago someone who had a social circle of 100 or so people would have to be considered very popular, at least for their geographic location -- now 100 friends seems almost paltry in comparison to the standards of the new age. Over-all I just think this is an evolution of communication, and it's a good thing. However, it's had an odd result --
Stoudman 2 years ago
-- because our social circles are getting bigger and bigger and bigger, we have begun sadly to treat other people like commodities. The whole idea of "social networking" is in my philosophical view an affront to the very nature of social groups. Never before has the term "social" been stamped next to such a heartless word as "networking", and never before have we looked at human beings and the attention they offer as a prize to be won. --
Stoudman 2 years ago 2
In a big way, the increasing potential for humans to be given attention in this new age of communication has lead us to crave that attention more and more, which I believe has lead almost entirely to the sudden wave of ADHD that has quite literally bitch slapped younger generations. The question to whether the breakthrough in communications which has taken place over the last 25 years is a good or bad thing is something I could literally write my dissertation on, so....I'll just leave it at that
Stoudman 2 years ago
MMmm...I don't quite agree. Seeking out social events has a lot to do with the individual and it's fears, etc. Personally I love youtube, and I use it all the time when I need to, because it's a different way of staying informed about the world. I guess you could say it's more personal. On the other hand, I am not one of those who seek out every single opportunity the intahwebs has to offer. So....I guess it's really quite individual. Eh?
JustAnotherX 2 years ago
i could say what i think but then i'm not sure it's worth my time, either. :P overall, i think it's more of a personality thing than anything else. kinda like you said - the two kinds of people thing. since i'm the loner type who knows only few, the other type shit me. i only spend time w/ppl i consider worth knowing & vice versa but hence give them more time. :) the few relationships i do have are deep & real. i coulda been the popular gal n got elected class president - but choose not to be.
saraswati81 2 years ago
not to be popular, that is :P class president, i was lmao <- geek :)
saraswati81 2 years ago
You're so right about the internet taking away our need to embrace any opportunity to socialise - DMCs can take place instantly online, offer the chance to talk about something right away instead of having to meet up. That sounds like I prefer online chat more than meeting up, but I'm just pointing out the convenience. We can filter out people we don't want to talk to, but it'd take a rude person to do that IRL - could that even mean we're missing chances to make great friends?
Great video :)
sapphiress 2 years ago
you're right. I'm glad you're talking about this subject because I find it very interesting.
and I love the ending :). Very clever ^^
1992Jarhead 2 years ago
I can see where you're coming from. I like to think that humans will, in the end, sort it out so that technology doesn't obstruct and only helps but with some people just replacing stimulus with technology they are shunning other aspects of life rather than integrating and embracing interaction. I don't know how I personally fit into this, I hope in a good mix somewhere in between the extremes.
itiselizabeth 2 years ago
So, that's why you don't talk to me on Facebook.
NotJustRyan 2 years ago
i think twitter is not worth the time.
twitter has taken internet communication a tad too far and i think there is no need to be addicted to that.
PunkiePiee 2 years ago
deep thoughts man ;)
MidgetJack 2 years ago
Absolute communication, absolute isolation, the isolation surly is reference to the fact that you are comunicating with many but you do it in isolation, in front of a computer and not that you can communicate from isolated places...? It makes more sense.
timobb 2 years ago
Hi Myles! Well, I'll not reply to your question now but I'll ask you to pleaseeeeee make more videos like this one. I just love you dissertations. You are a great communicator
PoppysCornerShop 2 years ago
It's true what you said about life becoming nothing but responding. As much as I wish my life was exciting enough to have something new to tell my friends every second of everyday, it's just not. Instant communication just makes it worse as then when you do have something to say it's said right away and you're left again with nothing. Fortunately I have a few friends with whom I don't tend to talk via IM or Facebook, which is great cause then when I see them it feels liek you catch up properly
BretterThanRealLife 2 years ago
Surly it allows me as a person who finds it hard to communicate IRL to gain friends and keep in touch.
DJE179 2 years ago
i tend to as you said "not reply" to some ppl after awhile, because we aren't actually talking about anything. the information is already known pretty much through facebook or wherever..
my usage of the internet is for knowledge research. things out of my normal reach (information on other countries and what not.) listen to new music i wouldn't have been able to since it is located across the globe...
however, i say that writing to ppl has been easier... talking is more comfortable XD
Hikarij 2 years ago
yes, this is so true,
and also we know how to communicate on the internet but not in real life
i was talking about this with my friend just day's ago
tuestday 2 years ago
I think everybody should spend less time on the internet and more time outside or with friends (uh, Real friends... not Internet friends... ), including myself.
Thunderkleez1 2 years ago
I've been thinking about it lately too.I've read in nerimon's diary that all these social networking sites like facebook are like a different version of the sims.We just play the game while using them -which has nothing to do with real social interactions.
I think people just don't need these kind of sites.
The only solution to that problem seems to be -don't spend half of your day on the Internet and be interested in people around you.
ogielko 2 years ago
cant stand twitter. will never come to understand what the point is of writting when i got up or if im flipping a burger. dislike facebook for that matter.
Haponago 2 years ago 2
Twitter is like facebook's status updates, so no surprise that you don't like twitter if you don't like facebook
maymaylingling 2 years ago
Absolutely agree...hence the second kentishbloke organised YT gathering Hyde Park 30th August 2009 :))
kentishbloke 2 years ago
Wow...that kinda blew my mind for a moment there.....
russtex 2 years ago
I spend a LOT of time on line. I love it but I do lose much of that more meaningful, face-to-face, interaction with those around me. I have been known to spend entire days on Facebook commenting on status updates which keeps me in contact with people but doesn't gain me any interaction.
I love interacting with people in meatspace too but for some reason I push it aside. Luckily my chosen career, actor, forces me to interact with more meaning with people than perhaps I otherwise would
timsbro2000 2 years ago
your so hot . i want you .
Chanel965 2 years ago
I think society will continue to evolve over time without a doubt, hopefully improving the quality of life for all of us. We have this great. Tool that allows us to be friends with people all over the world in real time, allowing us to find the similarities in our cultures and discuss our differences in a way that hopefully gets less and less ethnocentric.
Deflin 2 years ago
i dont think that communication through the internet is an issue, i think its just the way society has developed. its not something debatable along the lines of whether we should do it or not, but its just become a way of life.
straub11 2 years ago
The bad side of internet access is the fact we've traded actual human contact to cyber contact. This includes talking by phone, computer, even the television.
But there is also the good side, you can talk to multiple people at once while using the internet and also talking to people from very different parts of the world and in different life situations that would normally not be able to.
It all depends on the amount of time spent on technology instead of creating an actual life for yourself.
photoshopher 2 years ago
You make a very good point.
geveva18 2 years ago
Myles, I love you. Not in a creepy way... I just love you. haha
geveva18 2 years ago
My internet communication, and real life communication balance each other out.
There was a time when I got frustrated with people, and became addicted. So, I had to stop. I was depressed for a while, but now I have stronger friendships with my IRL friends, and my 3 online friends.
It's weird though, because being online, but focusing on my IRL friends has made my social circle expand oddly. I found out that I really get on with a guy I've gone to school with for 5 years, thanks for IMing.
hellolover99 2 years ago
at the end of the day myles,
you are always worth my time.
kinda need you alot right now.
i know youtube is not the best place to put it,
but yeah. i could really do with seeing you asap.
so messed up <3
imustbeTINO 2 years ago
Will meet up next week hopefully! will let you know!! x
Blade376 2 years ago
kk, see you soon man. <3
can't wait. =]
imustbeTINO 2 years ago
I feel that when the internet is used more and more to communicate with people, people don't know how to react to every-day life situations.
milkaannddhoney 2 years ago
One more thing - Thanks to Internet search and social sites, I have recently been able to re-connect with friends who moved and moved on. My life is now richer because I have them back!
Internet is a huge positive in my life.
robertbangkok 2 years ago
I would have thought it common sense that you can't respond to the thousands of people who follow you and communicate.
I think eventually we'll all filter out useless info e.g. what people eat for breakfast (will they update us when the try a new cereal and will we really want to care?)
Internet has created a new kind of intimacy. I feel MORE connected to friends now because I have additional easy access without demanding attention on my timetable.
Your are one of our better thinkers!
robertbangkok 2 years ago
I have lots of sexy friends online. But didn't do any of them.
capslock86 2 years ago
I think real life definitely gives it an added dimension, but I don't think it's a requirement in order to be meaningful. Every video I've watched was created by a real person with real ideas, and these people come from all walks of life, all over the world. The best part about it is that it isn't sanitized by some corporate content overlord before being packaged and delivered when and how *they* want. I can honestly say I've been enriched by the experience.
l0gically 2 years ago