Basically the way I see it, technology is leading us in a direction where we're not going to need anyone for anything. "What do we need (insert business type here) for? Do it yourself at (insert url here)!" etc.
There are those who use Facebook, Twitter, etc. because of its ability to "provide closeness with the relief of distance" or whatever this article I read recently said, those who use it all for fun, and those who use it to find people they probably didn't really want to keep in touch that badly with anyway, they just wanted to keep tabs on their doings with no real intention of ever having offline experiences. I suppose any one of us that has a Facebook page fits into all of those categories.
May I submit, for your consideration, a quote from the very first episode of the Twilight Zone "Where Is Everybody?" which aired 52 years ago in 1959 (when Nikki Sixx, Madonna and Prince were all about a year old):
You see, we can feed the stomach with concentrates, we can supply microfilm for reading, recreation, even movies of a sort. We can pump oxygen in and waste material out, but there's one thing we can't simulate that's a very basic need. Man's hunger for companionship.
I love this quote. It means that even with all these products and websites at our fingertips to help keep us from leaving the house where our computers and televisions are that pump ads into our faces all day, we'll still find an organic way to connect on a real level.
That is all.
/endlatenightramble
