I dunno. I am on a discord server with a bunch of people who share theories and lament the cancellation of Raised By Wolves.
Expecting people in the office to be able to talk about that show is too much to expect. Also, I no longer go to an office anyways.
Things are different than say 20 years ago.
> Also, I no longer go to an office anyways.
Did you consider if their observation could transfer to physical non work settings, non physical work settings, or non physical non work settings?
I think this is a salient counterpoint. While I value online interactions, I also don’t want them to be my predominant form of socialization. That works well for some people, less well for others, but it’s increasingly becoming the de facto mode of bonding with people over common interests. Because, you know, you can find that group of people really into the same thing you are. I also work from home full time and it requires a lot of continual work on my part to get my social needs met - sometimes impossible if I’m tired from working a full week.
Surely there is some middle ground. When we don’t have anything in common with our real life counterparts, there’s an issue. Likewise if we are forced to exclusively socialize with people we have nothing in common with. I feel like we’re on a pendulum swing where online interactions are taking over everything, and I’m hoping that swings back to some extent, but not to the thing we had before.
I think there's a bit of a swing taking place, at least among my age group.
I finally found out there's a "Friends only feed" on Facebook which is newish. None of my friends hardly are posting - over the last 7 days, just 5 people had posts.
Seems like the engagement beast has really driven people away, is my take.
It's very different to discuss interests online rather than in person. Especially for people who didn't grow up online. This is part of the question about culture I think. Is shifting culture to the internet making things worse?
I don't know, but I can see why some people might think so.