Comments on: Rent-a-Friend: In Search of a Cultural Scapegoat http://siliconangle.com/blog/2010/03/09/rent-a-friend-in-search-of-a-cultural-scapegoat/ Computer Science meets Social Science Fri, 25 May 2012 06:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What should I do with a little english setter which has behavior problems? | Dog Training Reviews Guide http://siliconangle.com/blog/2010/03/09/rent-a-friend-in-search-of-a-cultural-scapegoat/comment-page-1/#comment-14654 What should I do with a little english setter which has behavior problems? | Dog Training Reviews Guide Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:17:09 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/?p=13965#comment-14654 [...] SiliconANGLE — Blog — Rent-a-Friend: I&#1495 Search &#959f a Cultural Scapegoat [...] [...] SiliconANGLE — Blog — Rent-a-Friend: I&#1495 Search &#959f a Cultural Scapegoat [...]

]]> By: siliconvalleypr http://siliconangle.com/blog/2010/03/09/rent-a-friend-in-search-of-a-cultural-scapegoat/comment-page-1/#comment-14653 siliconvalleypr Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:16:50 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/?p=13965#comment-14653 I enjoyed this Rent-a-Friend piece and it's funny how we think that everything revolves about the most popular sites we read every day and, of course, Twitter, but then you to "outside" and realize that the moms and dads at local park - people living and working in the Valley after all - and even friends who work as execs for local tech companies don't care much about that. Facebook may be as far as they go and some have Twitter accounts, but don't use them. During those moments, I take my Blackberry out of my purse and touch it, afraid that I lose contact with "my world." “It’s better than nothing, but there’s no long-term sustenance.” I have been thinking about this for some time. The question is and will continue to be in the near future as we learn and experience more: how strong are the relationships we build on Twitter, for example? If you don't get to meet them face-to-face at some point, can you say that you "know" your connections? It certainly feels that way when you finally get to meet some of your friends/followers at tweetups or other events, but I guess that, in the end, the face-to-face interaction is something we can't replace. I enjoyed this Rent-a-Friend piece and it’s funny how we think that everything revolves about the most popular sites we read every day and, of course, Twitter, but then you to “outside” and realize that the moms and dads at local park – people living and working in the Valley after all – and even friends who work as execs for local tech companies don’t care much about that. Facebook may be as far as they go and some have Twitter accounts, but don’t use them. During those moments, I take my Blackberry out of my purse and touch it, afraid that I lose contact with “my world.”

“It’s better than nothing, but there’s no long-term sustenance.” I have been thinking about this for some time. The question is and will continue to be in the near future as we learn and experience more: how strong are the relationships we build on Twitter, for example? If you don’t get to meet them face-to-face at some point, can you say that you “know” your connections? It certainly feels that way when you finally get to meet some of your friends/followers at tweetups or other events, but I guess that, in the end, the face-to-face interaction is something we can’t replace.

]]> By: Matthew Finkelstein http://siliconangle.com/blog/2010/03/09/rent-a-friend-in-search-of-a-cultural-scapegoat/comment-page-1/#comment-14639 Matthew Finkelstein Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:26:13 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/?p=13965#comment-14639 I think I would mkae a loyal and devoted rent-a-friend. I think I would mkae a loyal and devoted rent-a-friend.

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