Nowadays, social networks are maybe overused but I’m not a fan of them. They have completely redefined the word “Friends”: “acquaintance” is the right one for most of the cases.
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At the beginning, I wasn’t convinced by the success of this kind of websites. Why do people want to share their personal life with 200 of their “friends”. Why would I want to say to everybody that I’m happy… that I love this group… and why would I want to share my private photos with these “friends”? Moreover, how can I accept to give all those informations to a website/company which consider that the data is its property… Maybe, I’m too paranoid on this topic!
But in fact, what are friends? What is behind this popular word? If you haven’t read this great book, I recommend this cheap best seller to you:
Each chapter is summarized in one sentence (it’s not enough to just read these sentences but, it’s nice to read them again after reading the book). I read it in French but the sentences are available on its wikipedia page. Some of them are really useful in order to consider the success of social network:
- Become genuinely interested in other people
- Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves
- Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely
Why these ones? Because when I ask to other people why they are using thiskind of networks, they answer me: I want to stay in touch with my “friends”. But, I’m convinced that they are using it in order to tell to every body what they are doing themselves. They want to say: I’ve done this, do you know? And I never see one of my “friend” who is saying “What you’ve done, I don’t care”! We just make a small interest, if it is nice, we say it… But if it is not, we don’t say anything.
I’m not a social network fan… But I try to understand why they have such a success… And one of my answer is: Others are genuinely interested in other people. They are good listeners and they encourage others to talk about themselves. They make me feel that I’m important…
And you, do you like social network? Do you use them?
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