The Evolution of Social Interaction
by rally on Jan.25, 2009, under general
I’m pretty sure we’ve all be there before… a room full of strangers at some professional/networking/social event. You’re probably there because you’re one of the “professionals”, or a curious attendee, or maybe you just know one person in the whole group and you tagged along. Depending on your networking prowess, you’ll probably end of interacting and connecting with anywhere from 2-10 people that night, and at the end of the night…
“Hey, do you have Facebook? I’ll add you as a friend.”
OK, maybe email is acceptable, too. But phone numbers? On a first “date”? No way!
| What it meant then | What is means now | |
|---|---|---|
| What’s your address? | …so I can pick you up for dinner, or carpool with you to the meeting, or send you a letter | You want to know where I live?! |
| What’s your phone number? | …let’s chat sometime! | …you want to talk to me? Live conversation? I’m sorry, I don’t do that. |
| What’s your email address? | I hear it’s the cool thing to do these days. Mail… through the Internet! | …because I don’t want to talk to you or hear your voice. In fact, I don’t even want to feel the pressure of having to come up with responses “on my feet”. |
| What’s your screen name? | You mean my ICQ number? | I have to warn you, I’m probably hiding behind an away message 24/7. But IM me anyway! |
| Do you have Facebook? | Facebook? Do you mean yearbook? Yeah, I still have mine from high school. Why? | …because I want to analyze you, look at all your photos, and investigate every group you’re in before I determine if it’s worthwhile to continue talking or building relations with you. And even when I do reach that state, I’ll send you a Facebook message, because it’s not like your phone number is splashed all over your Facebook profile and nobody carries around cell phones these days. |
January 25th, 2009 on 7:55 pm
L.O.L!!!
Omg so true…
January 31st, 2009 on 2:10 pm
Loved that chart. Oh, there are so many studies about facebook these days. Absolutely fascinating.