A topic, which never grows old...... ,-)

How we interact in social media???  The topic never grows old.  Because there are always new forms of social media, to become enamored of.  And someone is always saying, that blogging is dying.  Etc.  Etc.  Etc.

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The only forms I am in, are blogging and IG.  And I do see the lure and fun, of IG.  A quick picture...  A bit about it..  Maybe just Good Morning, or Good Night...  And you are posted.

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Then you visit your lovely IG-found-friends, and click on "Like".  Or click on "Like" and also leave a short little "comment", and your IG time is done.  Quick, easy, covering all the bases of interaction, in social media.  It is a nice place.  

But for me, thoughts and words (and a couple of pretty pictures), have always been my first love.  Blogging is the place, for that.  Of course you can only leave a picture and a few words, or a quote, in blogging too...  And have a post.  A quick post, by the way.   Which seems more and more the norm, of people's busy lives.  And I have been falling into that rut.  Quick.  Not daily.  So no one has to spend too much time, here.

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But, if thoughts/words are my first choice, why not indulge in them?  It's my blog.  If people want to take the time, to read...  Wonderful.   If not, that's fine too.  I am not running a popularity contest here.  I am not selling anything.  Numbers should not make any difference.  Doing what I want to do, with my blog, should be the norm.

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And now, what are your views on this whole topic, of interaction in social media?  You must have views.  You are  in social media right now, with reading here.  :-)  Will you please share, with us?   Please and thank you.

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Our social media ego...

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Something that has been nagging at my mind, of late, is what is called our social media ego.

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A search, brought up this article... "Social Media, the ego, and the self".   Naturally I would love for you to click on that link and read it yourself.  Also naturally, I have no idea how much time or inclination you have, to do so.  So I'll grab some thoughts from it.

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If you are blogging, you are in social media.  Most of us are in more than one kind of social media.  For me it's just blogging and IG. 

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"The phrase “social networking” itself contains the basic elements of relating and technology; the technology is the “network” and the social is the human bit. We use technology to do human things: to relate."

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"The word "self" is the wider concept, and is inclusive of everything that comes together to create a self..."

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The "ego" is more discrete.  It is the part of us that identifies as “I” or “me” – it is  .......... our conscious “identity” how we understand ourselves; it is also the part of us that defends us from slights and hurts."

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"The self seeks recognition from others ......... – the ego, however, likes its recognition to be conditional upon its own expectations and desires."

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Our ego needs recognition, and social media can meet this need, via...

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Number of Friends
Number of Followers
Number of Comments
Number of 'Likes'
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When our ego gets recognition, it is called getting strokes. "...every time your ego receives recognition, it purrs just a little, as if it’s been stroked."...

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"...and when it doesn’t get the strokes it thinks it needs, it can feel pretty bad."

Have you ever considered how much you have invested, in the recognition you get, from social media?

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Your thoughts on this topic, please....?

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