Comments on: Social Network Brainwashing! Be Vewy Vewy Caweful! http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html A unique perspective of the Web and social media... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:13:05 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Social Media & Mental Health: Are Our Minds Safe? | Thoughtpick Blog http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11931 Social Media & Mental Health: Are Our Minds Safe? | Thoughtpick Blog Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:28:41 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-11931 [...] addition to their ability to brainwash us, I think social media channels and social networking sites pose the following psychological threats [...] [...] addition to their ability to brainwash us, I think social media channels and social networking sites pose the following psychological threats [...]

]]> By: Social Media Dead in 2020: May it “Rest in Peace”! | Thoughtpick Blog http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11807 Social Media Dead in 2020: May it “Rest in Peace”! | Thoughtpick Blog Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:57:07 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-11807 [...] of us do not recognize the seriousness of this issue, the fact of the matter remains to be that our personalities are constantly being altered or even more so sabotaged through the prolonged use of social media. Since you can choose to be [...] [...] of us do not recognize the seriousness of this issue, the fact of the matter remains to be that our personalities are constantly being altered or even more so sabotaged through the prolonged use of social media. Since you can choose to be [...]

]]> By: Beirut http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-728 Beirut Wed, 06 May 2009 22:59:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-728 Let me ask you a question Fadi, what did you finding that friend change or add to your life?<br></br><br>This is the scenario that will take place, as I am guessing:</br><br></br><br>You will message each other a few times, ask about each others' lives and then you and that friend will be so busy in life and you will be poking them on Facebook every now and then just out of respect :P</br><br></br><br>No seriously, I do agree that Facebook is important to some extent BUT it is a tool for altering minds and creating different realms of reality which do not really exist... But that's only my opinion, and a few others that I've heard and read complaining about this issue :)</br> Let me ask you a question Fadi, what did you finding that friend change or add to your life?

This is the scenario that will take place, as I am guessing:

You will message each other a few times, ask about each others' lives and then you and that friend will be so busy in life and you will be poking them on Facebook every now and then just out of respect :P

No seriously, I do agree that Facebook is important to some extent BUT it is a tool for altering minds and creating different realms of reality which do not really exist… But that's only my opinion, and a few others that I've heard and read complaining about this issue :)

]]> By: Beirut http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-671 Beirut Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:30:00 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-671 And another link (2008)<br /><br />http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-02/pl_brown<br /><br />This link goes more towards how we are being brainstormed and yet we refuse to budge and let go! And another link (2008)

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-02/pl_brown

This link goes more towards how we are being brainstormed and yet we refuse to budge and let go!

]]> By: Beirut http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-670 Beirut Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:27:00 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-670 Check this out!<br /><br />I found this article just now date 10 days ago:<br /><br />http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/facebook-owns-us-all/friended/<br /><br />Do you still think you are safe online? Think again! Check this out!

I found this article just now date 10 days ago:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/facebook-owns-us-all/friended/

Do you still think you are safe online? Think again!

]]> By: Amer http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-669 Amer Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:22:00 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-669 As much as I enjoyed your post, Beirut, I must say that I do not agree 100%. I agree that to some extent, social networking through the Web has altered the way we do things. But I do have a few good stories to tell that could've only happened through social media. <br /><br />Take this for example: I am working with a software developer on an Android application. Where did we meet? ... Twitter. We didn't even know each other, and we are collaborating for mutual benefit and, well, fun :). Also, catching up with old friends is not bad just because you don't have much to say to one another. <br />On the other hand, putting all my information, photos, friends and connections online gives me the chills! That's why I try only to put the minimum when it comes to my personal life.<br /><br />Great post :) As much as I enjoyed your post, Beirut, I must say that I do not agree 100%. I agree that to some extent, social networking through the Web has altered the way we do things. But I do have a few good stories to tell that could’ve only happened through social media.

Take this for example: I am working with a software developer on an Android application. Where did we meet? … Twitter. We didn’t even know each other, and we are collaborating for mutual benefit and, well, fun :). Also, catching up with old friends is not bad just because you don’t have much to say to one another.
On the other hand, putting all my information, photos, friends and connections online gives me the chills! That’s why I try only to put the minimum when it comes to my personal life.

Great post :)

]]> By: Beirut http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-668 Beirut Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:50:00 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-668 Dear Anonymous...<br /><br />Thank you for sharing what you feel so clearly... I am guessing you too have had a really bad experience when it comes to social networking! <br /><br />I am glad that I tackled this subject in a way that allowed you to vent! It is one of my favorite posts here btw :)<br /><br />Glad to have heard from you and looking forward to more of your comments... Dear Anonymous…

Thank you for sharing what you feel so clearly… I am guessing you too have had a really bad experience when it comes to social networking!

I am glad that I tackled this subject in a way that allowed you to vent! It is one of my favorite posts here btw :)

Glad to have heard from you and looking forward to more of your comments…

]]> By: Beirut http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-667 Beirut Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:48:00 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-667 Let me ask you a question Fadi, what did you finding that friend change or add to your life?<br /><br />This is the scenario that will take place, as I am guessing:<br /><br />You will message each other a few times, ask about each others' lives and then you and that friend will be so busy in life and you will be poking them on Facebook every now and then just out of respect :P<br /><br />No seriously, I do agree that Facebook is important to some extent BUT it is a tool for altering minds and creating different realms of reality which do not really exist... But that's only my opinion, and a few others that I've heard and read complaining about this issue :) Let me ask you a question Fadi, what did you finding that friend change or add to your life?

This is the scenario that will take place, as I am guessing:

You will message each other a few times, ask about each others’ lives and then you and that friend will be so busy in life and you will be poking them on Facebook every now and then just out of respect :P

No seriously, I do agree that Facebook is important to some extent BUT it is a tool for altering minds and creating different realms of reality which do not really exist… But that’s only my opinion, and a few others that I’ve heard and read complaining about this issue :)

]]> By: Fadi http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-666 Fadi Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:33:00 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-666 Beirut, but that is like saying that cars are bad because they cause accidents :)<br /><br />In my facebook account today I can easily locate a 20 years lost friend from school who is living at the other part of the world, contact him and know what goes on in his life. <br /><br />Online communication has faciliate the movement of information in a way that has never precedent in the history of humanity. That is an amazing thing that has a lot of benefits :) Beirut, but that is like saying that cars are bad because they cause accidents :)

In my facebook account today I can easily locate a 20 years lost friend from school who is living at the other part of the world, contact him and know what goes on in his life.

Online communication has faciliate the movement of information in a way that has never precedent in the history of humanity. That is an amazing thing that has a lot of benefits :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-664 Anonymous Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:21:00 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-664 DEFINITELY-PLAGUE-20 YEARS AGO AS A TEEN WE DIDNT HAVE INTERNET-IT WAS JUST GETTING STARTED-NO DVDS IPODS-JUST PHONE-NOTES, CAR TRAVEL- GOSSIP -(WORD OF MOUTH)- BERIUTA HAS NAILED IT ON THE HEAD-THATS WHY I UNDERSTAND-NEW FORM OF (TERROR?) SORRY FOR SAYING THAT BUT SHE UNDERSTANDS- I THINK-SO MANY PEOPLE TAKE, AND PRETEND TO GIVE...THATS WHATS HAPPENED TO ME I TRUSTED-THEY LIED AND TOOK ALL THEY COULD TAKE WITHOUT THE LAWMAKERS ECOMING INVOLVED-TOOK TRUST-COMPULSIVE LIERS,ETC...WE LET THEM INTO OUR LIVES AND THEY STOLE MOST OF IT...EVERYWORD THEY SAID WAS TO MANIPULATE US-WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE-AND THEY PLAYED ON THAT... DEFINITELY-PLAGUE-20 YEARS AGO AS A TEEN WE DIDNT HAVE INTERNET-IT WAS JUST GETTING STARTED-NO DVDS IPODS-JUST PHONE-NOTES, CAR TRAVEL- GOSSIP -(WORD OF MOUTH)- BERIUTA HAS NAILED IT ON THE HEAD-THATS WHY I UNDERSTAND-NEW FORM OF (TERROR?) SORRY FOR SAYING THAT BUT SHE UNDERSTANDS- I THINK-SO MANY PEOPLE TAKE, AND PRETEND TO GIVE…THATS WHATS HAPPENED TO ME I TRUSTED-THEY LIED AND TOOK ALL THEY COULD TAKE WITHOUT THE LAWMAKERS ECOMING INVOLVED-TOOK TRUST-COMPULSIVE LIERS,ETC…WE LET THEM INTO OUR LIVES AND THEY STOLE MOST OF IT…EVERYWORD THEY SAID WAS TO MANIPULATE US-WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE-AND THEY PLAYED ON THAT…

]]> By: Beirut http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-665 Beirut Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:21:00 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-665 Hello Fadi :)<br /><br />Thank you for your comment but I have to disagree!<br /><br />You know what they say: When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade! We are humans after all, and if you give us tools to stalk, no matter how sane, busy or logical we are, we will use them...<br /><br />Apart from that point, I believe that the overall harms of social networks nowadays are out numbering the goods if you think about it... Just like we survived with no mobile phone for hundreds of years with no real problems, we could do without the online communication which can alienate us from reality and leave many of us angry, desperate and alone :)<br /><br />Thanks again :) Hello Fadi :)

Thank you for your comment but I have to disagree!

You know what they say: When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade! We are humans after all, and if you give us tools to stalk, no matter how sane, busy or logical we are, we will use them…

Apart from that point, I believe that the overall harms of social networks nowadays are out numbering the goods if you think about it… Just like we survived with no mobile phone for hundreds of years with no real problems, we could do without the online communication which can alienate us from reality and leave many of us angry, desperate and alone :)

Thanks again :)

]]> By: Fadi http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy.html/comment-page-1#comment-663 Fadi Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:52:00 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/04/social-network-brainwashing-be-vewy-vewy-caweful.html#comment-663 It is more of a better way of communication and getting information about whatever you have in mind. Like any new human invention, people can use it for their betterment or their demise - depending on you character. <br /><br />If one has nothing to do except stalking his/her ex online, then it is his persoanl issue, it is not the problem of the system itself. It is more of a better way of communication and getting information about whatever you have in mind. Like any new human invention, people can use it for their betterment or their demise – depending on you character.

If one has nothing to do except stalking his/her ex online, then it is his persoanl issue, it is not the problem of the system itself.

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