{"id":2529,"date":"2011-06-09T13:19:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T17:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2011-06-09T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T17:19:16","slug":"the-twitter-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/06\/09\/the-twitter-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 &#8220;The Twitter Trap&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/22\/magazine\/the-twitter-trap.html\">NYTimes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions. Unlike the virtual fireplace or that nesting pair of red-tailed hawks we have been\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/category\/hawk-cam-live-from-the-nest\/\">live-streaming on nytimes.com<\/a>, Twitter is not just an ambient presence. It demands attention and response. It is the enemy of contemplation. Every time my TweetDeck shoots a new tweet to my desktop, I experience a little dopamine spritz that takes me away from . . . from . . . wait, what was I saying?<\/p>\n<p>My mistrust of social media is intensified by the ephemeral nature of these communications. They are the epitome of in-one-ear-and-out-the-other, which was my mother\u2019s trope for a failure to connect.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not even sure these new instruments are genuinely \u201csocial.\u201d There is something decidedly faux about the camaraderie of Facebook, something illusory about the connectedness of Twitter. Eavesdrop on a conversation as it surges through the digital crowd, and more often than not it is reductive and redundant. Following an argument among the Twits is like listening to preschoolers quarreling: You did! Did not! Did too! 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