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WHY SOCIAL MEDIA IS SHIT

by Luke Tipping on Nov 23, 2011

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Social media is brilliant.

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Social media is brilliant.

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WHY SOCIAL MEDIA IS SHIT — Presentation Transcript

WHY SOCIALMEDIA’S SHIT

THE BEST THING SINCE JESUS

BUT

‘We feelmoreinsecure,isolatedand lonelythan ever’. Source: The insecure American: How we got here and what we should do about it

‘Americanssay theyhave fewerfriendsthan everbefore’. Source: Social isolation in America: Changes in core discussion networks over two decades

‘We only have two close friends’. Source: The Guardian: Social networking aside how many close friends do you have?

WHY?

1. EVERYBODY’S PRETENDING2. EVERYBODY’S ELSEWHERE3. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ALONE

1. EVERYBODY’S PRETENDING

THE ADVANTAGE OF SCREENS IS THAT THEY GIVE US SOMEWHERE TO HIDE

‘Wheneverthere is timeto write, editand deletethere is roomforperformance’. Sherry Turkle, Alone Together

WE FEAR THE ECHOCHAMBER CREATED BYCOPY AND PASTE

‘We’ve stoppedliving life atface value.Now we livelife atinterfacevalue’. Sherry Turkle, Alone Together

WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF THIS

AND LESS OF THIS

2. EVERYBODY’S ELSEWHERE

NOBODY’SWHERETHEY ARE

NOT EVEN AT WEDDINGS

NOT EVEN WITH THEIR CHILDREN

‘Technologylike iPhonesclose us offfrom ourecosystems.This is why wedon’t take careof nature.’ Juan Pablo Orrego, 180° South

IT’S NOT A NEW PROBLEM ‘In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the ﬂowers that blossom at their feet.’ Albert Schweitzeer

BUT HERE AND NOW ISTHE MOST IMPORTANTPLACE ON EARTH‘One of my favoritemethods of ﬁndinghappiness andpreventing stress isliving in themoment’. John Maeda, Designer, Author, Scientist and Zen Philosopher

3. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ALONE

THEREARETHREEAMAZINGBENEFITSOFSOLITUDE

ATONEMENT TO SELF

INTENSIFICATION

DISINHIBITION

BUT IT’SALMOSTIMPOSSIBLETO BE ALONETHESE DAYS

SO WHATSHOULDWE ALLDO?

LOOK FORWARD TO THE PAST ‘A solution for a lot of the world’s problems may be to turn around and take a forward step.’ Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder

LIVE A LESSMEDIATED LIFE

MYSPACE

THANK YOU @LUKETIPPINGLUKECTIPPING@GOOGLEMAIL.COM

Vincent ROSTAING , Owner at LE CAIRN 4 IT I mainly disagree this point of view , but I think the presentation is great by showing us where you have to take care not to be drived to ... ;) For me social media is a great eccelerator for joining people In real life , without cutting at anytime from the 'former' buddies 3 months ago

Are you sure you want to Yes No

Burak Özdelice , UI Designer at Mobilera I've just hated your last word; myspace, two words without a space. that looks like very familiar. And I don't like some kind of viral shits like this one too. 4 months ago

Andy Bettisworth , Executive Director at Accreu Amazingly close to my own views on social media currently. 5 months ago

Wolf Gang , Creative at MindShare Tipping, I love the fact that you sent me this presentation via twitter. 6 months ago

Path-Breaking Communications at Path-Breaking Communications This is brilliant Luke! ve used all throughout. Which one is it? 6 months ago

Matt Conkrite , Marketing Communications Manager at GE Energy I guess I'm wasting my life by posting a comment, but I really love this message. I spent the holiday last week separated from technology and benefited hugely from it!!! 6 months ago

Michael Paredrakos , Account planner at Bold Ogilvy & Mather brilliant ..shared at http://thecuriousbrain.com/ 6 months ago

Loveyou Takecare at Inlove With You hey luke u said very perfect abt life.
there is no liveness nowadays in our life.
everything pretend to be...
gobs here. 6 months ago

browniess Nice job, Luke. 'Schweitzer' not 'Schweitzeer', though... 6 months ago

Rebecca Sawyer Love this Luke - a refreshing line of thought... 6 months ago

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