In looking over the flickr groups from a couple of weeks ago, I had an "I Am Legend" moment. Can I be the only NYC-loving, non-pet-owning, no interesting hobby-having person in the class? I felt so lonely. :( (**Are my emoticons right? I'm left handed and easily confused)
But then I realized: if we were to all meet in person we would have plenty to talk about and to share. It's just that photos, as rich and interesting a medium as they are, can only show you one or two facets of a person. It's not the same as "knowing" a person. For our purposes, it may be "good enough", in that I know more about my classmates than I would if we were just posting in a discussion forum, but there are still limits to what miracle social media can perform. So maybe we are not destined to become a society of feed-programmed pod people after all...
Endnote: It's fun to see people from areas outside New Jersey and also get input from the students who are taking an online class but are "regular" students by day. It adds a nice perspective.
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i don't have pets either. it's ok. :-)
plus, we were supposed to upload some photos, not our entire collection, if we had to do a larger quantity, it may have changed the choice of photos we all uploaded. I have photos i took in NYC on vacation, but as a Chicagoan, I didn't include them.
OK, I confess, I posted some pet photos... But, I love NYC also.
...and I only have pets because I'm staying in a house that has them... I don't have any at home. I love NY, especially the music scene, just don't get to go there much due to limited time and funds. I agree with your point that photos are limited but better than nothing. By the way, I may say to-mah-to, but I definitely don't say po-tah-to.
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