When David Armano posted this visual in January I laughed, then wondered where I fit.
“Obviously I converted to social media long ago and quickly skipped past zealotry, and self-righteousness to become an evolving believer…”
Well, um, looking back it is clear I still had some self-righteous jerkiness to get out of my system and I’m only now progressing to the stage of humble service.
Another thing — raising one’s voice in a crowd is not the same as being social. Proximity is not the same as actual relationships, relevance, and community.
This is something that needs to be addressed by social media at large — but I’m especially committed to improving this aspect of my “social” media practices.
More evolution to come…
In the mean time I expect I’ll go through some more semi down-time away blogging and Twitter. I have to admit that although I miss certain kinds of content, I’m not really missing the unfiltered experience as a whole.
I’m sure it’s just another phase though.
