Carly Chaikin Quotes

What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people.

We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.

I think technology gives the illusion that you are connecting with people, social media particularly.

Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.

I don't tweet.

E-mail is a whole new way of being friends with people: intimate but not, chatty but not, communicative but not; in short, friends but not. What a breakthrough. How did we ever live without it? I have more to say on this subject, but I have to answer an instant message from someone I almost know.

My generation was born to work with social media - it's a natural part of our communication with the world.

I've said before I think the best thing about social media is that it brings people together and the worst thing about social media is that it brings people together. You're assuming that the people following you know what type of person you are and what type of humour you have.

In an odd sort of way, the computer and the Internet is the hermit's ideal form of communication. You don't have to see anyone. To send an email, you don't have to talk to anyone. You can just send it, and they'll read it on their own. The Internet has been really good for hermits.

I don't get Twitter or social media. I really don't understand it or read it. I see it as a distraction.

As the world grows and technology grows, it's getting harder to communicate and for kids to socialize.

I don't have a Twitter, so I don't know what's happening in that world.

The possibility of interpersonal communication has increased substantially with contemporary technology. But as compared with the major changes, which were long ago, these are not huge.

I don't read blogs, I don't have MySpace, I don't have Facebook or Twitter - none of that.

With technology, there is so much isolation with people now, that there are very few places where you can connect.

I think, like, Twitter is somewhat difficult sometimes, and it can be kind of negative.

People simply don't make eye contact anymore.

Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me.

I'm not such a fan of the concept of social media, though I don't have anything against it. I still love to call the people I want to be friends with.

Online communities are an expression of loneliness.

My two daughters live on Facebook, and social media is their mode of communication.

It's amazing how directly you can connect with people via social media.

To criticize Facebook is to criticize the telephone.

Social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr provide an unparalleled ability for people to stay connected in new and unique ways.

One of the great ironies of the social media era is that some of the least social people in the world created it.