The thought suddenly occured to me, working at home this afternoon and still nursing a slightly painful tummy, that 3D communication isn't what it used to be. It certainly isn't for me, anyway.
The amount of ways we now have to communicate with the people around us keep on multiplying every day. But are we really communicating, or are we just putting our thoughts 'out there' into the ether because what we're really trying to say is 'i still exist, i still exist, i still exist.'? That's an interesting debate.
For people who use social networking for work, I guess it's slightly different. My friend works in social media, not that I know what that means, but she seems to live on twitter (or twatter, as I sometimes refer to it). She recently pressed me to join up, although I don't quite understand what I've joined in with. The same goes for facebook these days. Maybe because I'm starting to have to prioritise my connections in order to fit everyone in, I see the point of social networking less and less.
I can understand a blog, slightly more. at least it give you an unlimited amount of space for what you are trying to s- (well, you get the gist).
So, what are those seemingly addicted 'facebook-ers' or 'twitterers' trying to say to others, then? and since when did all of that 'so and so has poked themselves in the eye' or 'so and so just ate a twix' stuff replaced 'hey, how are you, fancy a coffee?' it seems that's a phrase which has sort of dried up. so... are we using facebook and other media sites as a way of escaping actual (3D) interaction with people we care about? to me, snuggling up on the sofa with someone and going over the events of the day has far more value than whatever I might choose to fire into the world wide web.
3D comms seem to be becoming a dying art. and gosh I miss them.