As sad as it may sound ..........
If some one needs to do Biz with me or chat with me I have 6 Emails ... 2 YIMs 2 Phone #s 4 Skype's that they can deal with ......
Call me stuck up but if they are too lame to use a phone or at the least text me or email , then its not likely that person is worth dealing with ..
its not like I only use a 14.4Kbaud FAX machine ......
Yes I am a 25 YO Luddite ..
Peter
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 08:39 AM
Someone that uses Skype, IM and Email a Luddite? Strange definition of Luddite that would be AFAIAC. Now if you tried to do all of that over a 1200 Baud Acoustic Coupler Modem, well then maybeAs sad as it may sound ..........
If some one needs to do Biz with me or chat with me I have 6 Emails ... 2 YIMs 2 Phone #s 4 Skype's that they can deal with ......
Call me stuck up but if they are too lame to use a phone or at the least text me or email , then its not likely that person is worth dealing with ..
its not like I only use a 14.4Kbaud FAX machine ......
Yes I am a 25 YO Luddite ..
Peter
I actually use all of those to a very large extent too. Most IM systems and Skype allow multiple party conversations, which is one of the most useful ways to conduct business in my experience. I spend half of each day on such it seems.
It also looks like you use at least one device from which you can access AU, so you do use a browser which you don't mention
. Other than the phone, if you use one that is not VOIP based that is, everything else appears to be Internet front ends, and all come with some level of both the pluses and minuses of such.Seriously, you don't have to be a Facebook or Twitter user to be a non-Luddite
just like you don't have to be a party junky to be a socially adept person.
Edited by jis, 16 June 2012 - 08:46 AM.
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 12:13 PM
I do not consider this forum to be social media but rather an information site as folks are coming on here to share information about a specific topic. To me social media are those sites where people share idle gossip, chit chat about what they are eating for lunch or whatever, troll for dates and generally waste time.
Wait. What? You wrote you DON'T consider this forum social media? Wait. What? Re-read your own post, fits the description of many threads in these forums to a "T".
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 12:24 PM
Because that never happens with forums and phone calls.To me social media are those sites where people share idle gossip, chit chat about what they are eating for lunch or whatever, troll for dates and generally waste time.
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