When I know for a fact that time could just as easily and arguably more profitably and productively invested in relationships with people in the real world.
Interestingly some of the best conversations I've had on here are with people who are also of this mindset, like @roleerob (who hasn't been on for a few months) and @thebigsweed. We have a community over on discord of Australians who are connected via Hive, but I'm not as likely to see them here communicating as much any more.
They are genuine. Sadly, I do not personally find that to be the case, as a general rule, so far.
The genuine ones tend to take a bit of a step back after a while, which would explain this.
the fascination with having conversations like this one, with someone on the other side of our shrinking planet! 👋
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This is another aspect that keeps me here. I'll talk to my sister on occasion over in the UK, who has a PhD and works in the government sector. She might bring up things in conversation about what media is talking about in other countries (aka propaganda). I don't particularly watch or listen to it myself and I'm often surprised at how different what she's thinking is happening there is compared to what the people I'm talking to from those countries are saying. She usually goes very quiet when I give her their points of view.
Enjoy the sun. 🌞
This is helpful additional input to me, @minismallholding. My takeaway from it, in my search for my niche here on Hive is
Hahaha ... Seriously, I think this captures it as well as anything:
The opportunity to watch and read what others choose to communicate directly is probably at the heart of the current appeal to me of participating on the Hive blockchain. Being as charitable as I can be, it bypasses any third party effort to tell me their version of what others are thinking.
The challenge?
Reading what others choose to communicate directly seems too often to be "echo chamber" sentiments which I could've just as easily gotten from going ahead and accepting what any of these "new outlets" are telling me.
Said differently, for this Silver Blogger, it seems independent, critical thinking is hard to find. Simply due to it being on the decline?
Uh oh, I feel another whole series of posts coming on.
I better go back outside! 🫡