iPHONE WAITING . . . RESPOND . . . PLEASE

Always, we are in some various state of waiting, but never so much as the tech age has laid upon us. We wait for:

Text responses

Twitter @ replies / comments to carry on the least little hint of a virtual "conversation"

Facebook status updates and notifications to whatever it was we said or responses to a photograph we posted

Email to us from people we actually know

and so

. . . the weight of the wait . . . ticks by
as we keep checking. . . just to see. . .
that mostly, no one gives a crap!

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[via iPhone]

THE PSYCHOLOGY WITHIN THE LAND OF SOCIAL MEDIA

FIVE FEELINGS: Internet Emotions (as yet unnamed)

by Leigh Alexander 

"...the Internet - fast becoming the primary method by which we interact with others and consume information - might be changing us." 

Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/02/20/five_new_feelings/

Mobile Link:
http://mobile.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/02/20/five_new_feelings?camp=misc:on:twit:rtbutton

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I was relieved to read about this phenomenon, as i have felt a lot of these "Internet emotions" at various times. It's an interesting and yet hilarious bit on the underlying psychology of social media. 
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[via iPhone]