My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also changed my life

Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by codingdave on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:22PM (#39304694)

> How are you defining "tech" exactly?

The better question may be: How are you defining an interaction?

This may be a hot take, but I don't consider HN to be personal interaction. We post content individually. We read it individually. Replies are about the content, not about the person. I am replying to something you wrote, but know nothing about you as a person, so it is hard to claim we have a personal interaction together just because of this comment.

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Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by kaashif on Thursday February 08, 2024 @03:06PM (#39306936)

I never claimed we had a personal interaction, I only claimed you interacted with me, a person. I define it the same way any dictionary defines it: you acted and it has an effect on me.

I agree that personal interactions are hard to come by online, but this is different to interacting with people at a surface level online.

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Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by anonymouskimmer on Thursday February 08, 2024 @04:14PM (#39307804)

User ID you're responding to is not the same user ID you first responded to.

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Re:My experiment in phonelessness was a failure. It also cha... by anonymouskimmer on Thursday February 08, 2024 @02:52PM (#39306741)

This is what most interactions are like.

I've seen on many long-term forums, or even sub-reddits on Reddit, people really get to know each other.

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