Social Media vs personal web sites

I came across this article about personal websites vs. social media. I didn’t stumble across it coincidentally. I was actually searching the question “do people prefer social media to personal web sites”.

Back in the day (after the internet became a household commodity), prior to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, (and I MUST mention MySpace for historical reasons), etc.,…

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What has social media done to humility in people!

I used to post comments and my opinion about a multitude of topics that were posted, supposedly for discussion, on social media. Facebook primarily. There are other social media outlets of course. But over the years I’ve slowly weaned myself of public commenting. It seems that these days, people who used to be humble and courteous have become raging idiots posting whatever off the cuff stupid idea of a comment comes to their brain without regard for others’ feelings, thinking their opinions thru and separating logic from emotion.…

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Is Facebook really that scary?

Okay, I have heard both sides for/against Facebook (and social networks in general for that matter) for a while now… ever since MySpace launched and, for those from Guam, even about the now disappeared PeopleFromGuam networks. Those who are both feet in with it seem to be characterized as careless, waiting to be hacked or hit by a virus, dumb about personal security, etc..…

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