Has The Internet Destroyed Your Social Life?
With the every growing popularity of social media tools in the internet such as blogging, twittering, plurking, facebook, friendster and WLM, it’s no wonder that people start to use less of other traditional forms of communication like landlines and handphones.
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I remember my first encounter with the internet was back in secondary school when I joined this ECA called ‘Media Resource Club’(MRC). The school purchased about 3 to 4 computers in the library and they are connected to the internet. I was with 2 other friends and we logged on to explore. I distinctly remembered going to Yahoo! and the very first term I search for was,
“Amy Yip”
WAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH!!!!!!
Younger generations won’t know who she is but let’s just say that she was pretty popular back in the days for her erm… assets.
=D
Anyway, I soon acquired my own computer and a 56K modem and I was connected! I used mIRC to make all sorts of new friends and stayed connected with them through ICQ. Papers constantly reported the dangers of the internet during those times and I understood them, but I still proceeded to meet people up. Before all this, I was this introverted geek and the internet really opened me up to chatting and meeting new people up.
Fast forward to now and I am still using the internet to meet a whole lot of people I got to know online through popular social sites and tools.
At least for me, the internet has made me more sociable and enabled me to reach out to a bigger pool of people. Whether or not these relationships can be continued and substained in the real world is still too early to tell. With the right mindset and correct approach, I strongly believe that the internet is a great tool for socializing.
