Comments on: is twitter destroying our social fabric? http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/06/03/is-twitter-destroying-our-social-fabric/ The Alternative Consumer provides product reviews, eco news and green info to the next wave of smart consumers. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:52:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Rob http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/06/03/is-twitter-destroying-our-social-fabric/comment-page-1/#comment-265134 Rob Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:08:03 +0000 http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=12457#comment-265134 Do internet organisms like Twitter really facilitate a lack of interpersonal contact? I don't think so. I think they actually can increase -- get you in contact with people you've lost touch with. I bet when the old telephone was first invented people said the same thing -- it'll inhibit real contact. Of course, it actually is a convenience facilitating real contact. If you want to find the real culprit in reducing actual human contact, look the the TV. What's the average number of hours an adult spends watching that passive, momentum killer? In fact, I'm going to blog about it later! Do internet organisms like Twitter really facilitate a lack of interpersonal contact? I don’t think so. I think they actually can increase — get you in contact with people you’ve lost touch with.

I bet when the old telephone was first invented people said the same thing — it’ll inhibit real contact. Of course, it actually is a convenience facilitating real contact.

If you want to find the real culprit in reducing actual human contact, look the the TV. What’s the average number of hours an adult spends watching that passive, momentum killer? In fact, I’m going to blog about it later!

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