Social Media celebrates narcissism and the curated life.

[€uroMeinke]

I miss meeting strangers. The real name policy of facebook pretty much means you only "friend" people you know. Thus you end up connecting more with people from your past you never really liked instead of intriguing strangers who share an interest or two. Considering most of my current friends started out as message board strangers, I find that the saddest prospect of the demise of the message board.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I miss meeting strangers. The real name policy of facebook pretty much means you only "friend" people you know. Thus you end up connecting more with people from your past you never really liked instead of intriguing strangers who share an interest or two. Considering most of my current friends started out as message board strangers, I find that the saddest prospect of the demise of the message board.

That is a really good point and I wasn't thinking about that side of things. Personally, I miss more meaningful connection/conversation with the people I already know (and like you, many of those people were strangers I first met on a message board). I suppose we're always on the look out for a little piece of strange.