Comments on: The high school notebook: social media casualty?

By: that damn redhead

that damn redhead — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:32:01 +0000

I’m so there with you, Nicola. Since writing this post I’ve relocated and I found a lot of my old notebooks in a box under my bed. Sometimes I flip through them and see I’ve mentioned an old friend’s name, so I’ll look them up on Facebook. Other times, it’s just too painful to read.

Thanks for stopping by.

By: Nicola

Nicola — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:14:01 +0000

I was once told I was an eternal 15 year old. Maybe that is why I have scrawled my inner most thoughts in notebooks most of my life. I have many I dearly love. However, recently I have moved many of these thoughts into online spaces and I do probably share too much. But is that the eternal teenage nature in me playing up? That said, I still have my notebooks for when I want to record those thoughts that usually end up with a little bit of a tear stain on the page. As those must always remain private for me. Nice post.

By: Swankins (Nicola Swankie)

Swankins (Nicola Swankie) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:10:51 +0000

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Reading: Interesting post on how teenagers' behaviour of outpouring has changed because of social media. [link to post] @damnredhead

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By: DaveMurr

DaveMurr — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:43:44 +0000

I’m Gen-x – whatever that means – and I remember being introduced to the internet in college. I have memories that the first site I visited was something called Yahoo followed by MTV’s website.

Back then the thought of spilling my intimate secrets online was foreign. Lets move this to High School – it was non existent.

I have a second cousin, who has an I-phone. Why she needs one, I have no idea, but she says its because she needs to be connected. Connected to what – you’re 17? Her facebook page is rated PG and is full of “hey look what I did” comments, pics and posts.

All this seems ridiculous – until I started thinking, and what you said encapsulates it. Back when the notebook was hush hush – I think we as kids still wanted and desired an outlet. We secretly wished for our voices and hidden things to be heard and seen.

The psychology is the same today – just the “tools” are different.

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By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:38:18 +0000

Hi Stacy, I think you are right about the blogs but I don't really read teenage blogs. I do think that mobile phones killed the NOTE taking. I don't know if teenagers these days write and pass notes anymore. They have cell phones and can text to people. The only thing about that is that in a quiet room you can hear the texting. But for the most part, texting killed the passing of notes. As you can say, "Social Media killed the diary," which I do believe is partly true. On Myspace you can type a journal entry that can be locked down and NOT everyone has a formal blog. So when you use the blog function which does have a smaller audience you can control just how much information you let people see. Which I think is a great function and the ONLY useful thing other then promotion of music on Myspace. I totally agree with you though. My how times have changed. Jamie’s last blog post..Networking and creating your own game!

By: WritRams

WritRams — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:03:17 +0000

LOL! Don't expect classic viewing. It's mindless entertainment that all of us who were once teenage girls will completely understand (plus, I have 2 stepdaughters and they required me to take them to that movie when it came out a few years ago LOL). WritRams’s last blog post..Like You Really Needed a Meme to Know I'm Weird (But OK)

By: that damn redhead

that damn redhead — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:54:21 +0000

Honestly? I’ve never seen Mean Girls. I’m not much of a movie person, but I guess that’s one I should put on my list, huh?

By: WritRams

WritRams — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:50:36 +0000

WOW. First of all, this was a REALLY GREAT posting. You know what's weird? Maybe the whole "Mean Girls Notebook" missed me by a decade (because, as we've established tonight, you're YOUNG. I'm OLD). We never had these. I remember having a "diary" that I sometimes wrote in, but nothing like you're describing (or what was in "Mean Girls"). Anyway... I think the "enough about me, what do you think about me?" attitude comes from the shift in raising totally self-serving teens now. We've given them no responsibilities except to focus on themselves (and then let everyone else know how great they are). Teens, by genetic design, are self-centered. But I really don't remember it being this bad (you know, when I used to walk to school, up hill, both ways, in the snow...) Of course, I just memed 7 weird things about myself, so who am I to talk?!?! I miss Sonic *sob* WritRams’s last blog post..Like You Really Needed a Meme to Know I'm Weird (But OK)