I Have Memories That Give Me A Sense Of Nostalgia

All social media has been slowly going downhill over the years - meaningful connections have been slowly replaced by a texting mentality where nothing real is said. I was around in the early days of EP when every comment had at least a small potential to spark a real discussion. Nowadays SW is more like Facebook (though not as bad), and Facebook is more like... a more Facebook-y Facebook. It's just the nature of things lately - real meaning, authenticity, opinions, passion, and vigorous discussion are looked down on more and more often, and things like politeness, kindness, political correctness and unilateral non-judgement and support have become the values of the day. Most of the new values aren't such bad things, at least when people don't take them too far... but I can't help but feel sad for what we've lost.

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Gauntlets28 · 26-30, M

Politeness the value of the day? You sure you're on the same website?

BlueDiver · 36-40, M

Well think about it - when you're mindlessly supportive on here, most people respond positively. When you you say what you actually think, then unless it happens to be 100% positive, people usually have a problem with it. I'm not saying that politeness is what people DO on a site like this - I'm saying that it's what most people prefer for *you* to do toward them.

Gauntlets28 · 26-30, M

@BlueDiver: Well this website did start as a support group. I agree that people have a problem with criticism though. Ironically it's often the same people who are constantly complaining about how people should recognise their obvious superiority though.
I try to stick with the pleasant subject matter, but damn if it doesn't feel good to prick a few people's egos once in a while. That's the real reason I come here.

BlueDiver · 36-40, M

Yeah, I'm sure it makes me a bad person, but it does feel nice sometimes to tell someone the truth, even when I know that all it'll do is poke their ego.

Gauntlets28 · 26-30, M

@BlueDiver: Nah, sometimes people need to hear things. I try to say it as sideways as possible unless they directly attack me though. I don't feel like people are bad, just daft sometimes.