Mrs. Skoyles just described it as "a bunch of people meeting in the pub down the road to post Internet updates." and, yeah, that may be the easiest way to sum things up, but let's be honest, there's much more to it than that.
The Internet and social media get a lot of stick.
Depending on who you speak to, technology is simultaneously corrupting young people, destroying social interaction and turning the population of planet earth into a bunch of anti-social geeks.
If tonight's Tweetup proved anything, it's that such accusations simply aren't true.
OK, so the Internet lay at the heart of tonight's proceedings. Yet far from isolating people, the 'net, more specifically, Twitter, actually brought people together in the flesh; in 'real life', if you will.
And that's exactly how sites like Twitter should be used; putting the emphasis on the social element of social media/technology.
The Internet and social media get a lot of stick.
Depending on who you speak to, technology is simultaneously corrupting young people, destroying social interaction and turning the population of planet earth into a bunch of anti-social geeks.
If tonight's Tweetup proved anything, it's that such accusations simply aren't true.
OK, so the Internet lay at the heart of tonight's proceedings. Yet far from isolating people, the 'net, more specifically, Twitter, actually brought people together in the flesh; in 'real life', if you will.
And that's exactly how sites like Twitter should be used; putting the emphasis on the social element of social media/technology.
Yes, a bunch of people did meet up in a pub tonight to post stuff on the Internet, but isn't that far less anti-social than staying home and doing the same?
I'd form a more thoroughly thought-out, grammatically correct argument about this but, to be honest, it's way past my bed time and I'm very tired!
I'd form a more thoroughly thought-out, grammatically correct argument about this but, to be honest, it's way past my bed time and I'm very tired!
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