Friends > pixels
Yes, duh, obviously. But I don't like it when people try to preach this slogan.
1) People already have friends IRL when they join Gaia. Is it wrong to use Gaia solely to play with the pixels? As long as they remain loyal to their existing friends, there's no need to condemn them.
2) Some people use this argument to guilt trip others into donating to them. rolleyes Now WHO'S the one that's really greedy for pixels here?
3) Often, these so-called friends are actually casual online playmates. You like them because you happen to have the same interests, even if you don't know much about their personalities, dreams, fears, regrets, faults...
There is nothing wrong with having such acquaintances. Not every relationship has to be a deep, unwavering friendship. But I don't like shallow relationships being glorified as friendships. I don't like the friends > pixels slogan being used to glorify them.
I might post this as a new topic in GCD, but some of the really snooty posts there make me hesitate. ^^;
 keiiii · Mon Oct 20, 2008 @ 06:13am · 4 Comments |
