Social Media

So, my oldest daughter is on holidays.  She is away from me for 10 days.  My husband is working out of town.  I am so abandoned!  However, the house has a quiet to it that it normally never attains.  The laundry gets done regularly, the dishes are done when I want to be done, and the kids are playing with whatever they like.  I'm not minding the "single" parenting, I'm minding the lack of daily adult interaction.  I find myself drawn to facebook, hotmail, twitter and google. 

I really don't have any more time in the day to waste, so I googled stats on social media.  I came up with tons of sites on stats, crazy! 25 Social media stats This one was pretty easy to understand without having to read a ton.  Which works great, cause I want to waste time on here, just not too much.

I wonder though, why we can't interact with people on a more "social" level.  I remember less then 10 years ago, not everyone had a computer, and when people wanted to talk to someone long distance they sent a letter.  I remember not having a cell phone, and not minding not knowing what was going on with everyone else I have ever met.  I have 400 "friends" on facebook.  And to be truthful, I probably only really know half, and half of that half I would consider a friend. 

I walk to work, and as I pass people I see them twittering, facebooking, and texting.  I often smile as I pass by.  I learnt that from growing up in a small town.  But I am saddened by how many people go out of their way to not even nod back.  Some would sooner trip you, and video it for you tube, then comment about the weather. 

Oh well.  I am not saying there is anything wrong with being able to connect with thousands of people who have similar interests, I'd just like to see more common courtesy amongst my actual, fellow neighbours.