As we gear into the ever advancing world of 'social media' and constantly developing technology, a question that comes to mind, is BBM the new MSN?
If you remember a decade back, you would come home and then log onto MSN or Yahoo Messenger to chat with a few friends in the evening and have a good laugh at something you shared with them from your day or something they told you from theirs or maybe went to chatroom (which I always found fishy) and now you've got BBM, Whatsapp and groups or multi-person chats on them. Today, as soon as something happens, there's either a message or broadcast out there which is good in more ways than one, but are we constantly bombarded with news now? Does that change our perception or more importantly reaction to news we hear? Being constantly in touch or reachable in today's day and age is seen purely as an advantage, but as a person, have we changed more than we thought? Do we reflect as much on our days and learn as much from experiences? May be we do, may be we don't..
As I write this post, there's a constant battle going on in my head, one view being, 'your grandfather didn't have as much to do and as many people to stay connected with as you. You are way more social and connected' (not that they were antisocial or didn't have many friends but on a serious note, may be because of how they lived life back then) and the other being ' are you really connected to as many people and do you really care about every news you hear?' Something to ponder upon. I believe it depends from person to person and news to news. One thing's for sure, we've moved fast, very fast.
If you remember a decade back, you would come home and then log onto MSN or Yahoo Messenger to chat with a few friends in the evening and have a good laugh at something you shared with them from your day or something they told you from theirs or maybe went to chatroom (which I always found fishy) and now you've got BBM, Whatsapp and groups or multi-person chats on them. Today, as soon as something happens, there's either a message or broadcast out there which is good in more ways than one, but are we constantly bombarded with news now? Does that change our perception or more importantly reaction to news we hear? Being constantly in touch or reachable in today's day and age is seen purely as an advantage, but as a person, have we changed more than we thought? Do we reflect as much on our days and learn as much from experiences? May be we do, may be we don't..
As I write this post, there's a constant battle going on in my head, one view being, 'your grandfather didn't have as much to do and as many people to stay connected with as you. You are way more social and connected' (not that they were antisocial or didn't have many friends but on a serious note, may be because of how they lived life back then) and the other being ' are you really connected to as many people and do you really care about every news you hear?' Something to ponder upon. I believe it depends from person to person and news to news. One thing's for sure, we've moved fast, very fast.
