valentine's day aftermath
My friend ran into a blog entry about how the Princeton student government set up a website that allows students to list up to five people they have crushes on. If two people list each other, the website puts the two potentials together. The site went online on Valentine's Day and tons of people signed up for the service.Many other schools offered similar services using the Facebook engine. Google Orkut also offers a similar feature called the Crushlist. Craigslist even offers an online classified section listed as "missed connections" that helps connect people who had crushes with each other.
It's interesting because I know tons of boy-girl "platonic" friendships that had the potential to be more than friendships. However, they are always afraid of being rejected and creating awkwardness with the friendship they have. I can name so many examples but that's beyond the point of this blog. The internet has definitely transformed the way people communicate. People get asked out on dates through email or IM. When did IM become an acceptable mode of communication to talk about serious issues?
posted by Koh @ 3:44 AM
1 Comments:
About your IM question: IM as a media has all the benefits of instantaneous communication and the tangiblity of letters. Why shouldn't IM be a preferred way to talk about serious matters?
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