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Re:Please Pull Over Before You Read This by kunley on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @07:23PM (#1670443)
Computers are not social - they are oversized counters.

Networks are not social - they are mediums to carry what counters produce.

Groups of people can be social - but if they use less expressive way of communication (read: words typed as text without the body language) then these groups of people are less social, not more. And uttering a phrase "social network" thousand times will not change this reality.

Re:Please Pull Over Before You Read This by glhaynes on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @07:34PM (#1670476)
less expressive way of communication (read: words typed as text without the body language)

Are books less expressive than in-person communication? I'd say they're differently expressive.

Re:Please Pull Over Before You Read This by kunley on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @07:47PM (#1670513)
If you can't see it, ask your manager. Or your manager's manager. Or someone who is actually using nlp or stuff like that. Or just grab a (any) book on psychology.

But of course, if somebody doesn't want to think on it because I offended his beloved toy for communicating, he will tend to argue endlessly instead. That's one of the most basic human behaviors: everyone is justifying what he's spending time on.

Re:Please Pull Over Before You Read This by Devilboy on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @10:18PM (#1670786)
OK now you're just being rude
Re:Please Pull Over Before You Read This by kunley on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @08:11AM (#1763572)
Yeah ok you're right. I apologize. It must have been a bad day.
Re:Please Pull Over Before You Read This by chc on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @07:38PM (#1670488)
I think blind people would disagree with your hypothesis.

There are many ways to socialize. I prefer some, but other people have vastly different preferences. If you're connecting with someone else on a personal level, I don't see how that's not social.