Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media
Hi,
It is kinda off-topic (i'd OT it), and being picky it's GNU/Linux
Debian, not GNU/Debian Linux. Being extra picky i'd ask where is
Manhattan, :)
There's no inherent incompatibility between FOSS software and social
media, that i know of. Your only concern could be the browser but
Firefox has become well-known (still doesn't stop incompetent
web-designers from writing to IE-only but i digress) and capable of
dealing with the everything-must-work-through-a-browser trend.
As for social media, i tend to avoid it; i believe it actually has the
reverse effect, or maybe a shifting effect. Yeah people will
"socialize" a lot through social media but then those same people
will, like you said, check their phones in the real world while
treating patients. And what do people do now when they feel those
awkward moments of silence popping up in an elevator with a stranger?
Why they'll check for new messages on their phones (even though it
didn't beep or vibrate). Seems like people are becoming ever more
individualistic and losing people-skills.
Sometimes i wish i had a baseball bat when i hear someone around me
actually pronounce "lol".
But if you're aiming for a local business, word of mouth oughta be
enough - unless you want a customer base who's definition of that is
word of sms.
Yup, OT.
Cheers,
Nuno
--
"On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog."
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