For this weeks reading I was quite confused and had to read the article twice and even then I barely understood what it actually meant. The first article that I will talk about is called "Social Design Practices For Human-Scale Online Games" written by Daniel Cook. This article was very interesting as it looked at the psychological aspect of making/ designing a game which is something I have never thought about before.
The first thing that I liked about this article was how they talked about how you make friends. I kind of disagree with this a bit as there is so many ways to make friends nowadays and people are so different that you cant generalize them into a few main headings like this article has done.This quote really annoyed me " At higher levels of friendship, there needs to be an opportunity for safe, consensual, intimate sharing of weaknesses". I agree that to be good friends you have to share stuff but opening up to people does not show a weakness at all it is actually a strong thing to do and is something most people should do. This article would put people off opening up in the future and that is a very bad thing.
One thing that I actually did agree is Dunbars law. As I do agree that most people wont have more than 5 very intimate friends and anyone out of that is just really an acquaintance. I do agree that strong bonds are important but they are not the key to happiness. Some people are very happy on their own and dont need other people to make them feel happy although them people are definitely in the minority. It says here that a lack of friendship reduces lifespan but I can not see how that would be the case at all. Its not friends that keep you healthy its you who has to exercises and eat well to do that all by yourself. I do agree that social media is bad for making friends and friends you make online are not really real unless you do meet up in person which is highly unlikely.
The point about small always electing a leading without knowing it sometimes hit me hard. Even in seem friend groups I am in there is always one bossy person who takes over everything. I do not know why others let therm . It is probably because we just want Friends and dont want to speak out in fear of getting ditched and being left alone in this world.
This article was kind of wrong in so many things as it generalized people and did not think of anyone outside the normal
http://www.lostgarden.com/link to article
The first thing that I liked about this article was how they talked about how you make friends. I kind of disagree with this a bit as there is so many ways to make friends nowadays and people are so different that you cant generalize them into a few main headings like this article has done.This quote really annoyed me " At higher levels of friendship, there needs to be an opportunity for safe, consensual, intimate sharing of weaknesses". I agree that to be good friends you have to share stuff but opening up to people does not show a weakness at all it is actually a strong thing to do and is something most people should do. This article would put people off opening up in the future and that is a very bad thing.
One thing that I actually did agree is Dunbars law. As I do agree that most people wont have more than 5 very intimate friends and anyone out of that is just really an acquaintance. I do agree that strong bonds are important but they are not the key to happiness. Some people are very happy on their own and dont need other people to make them feel happy although them people are definitely in the minority. It says here that a lack of friendship reduces lifespan but I can not see how that would be the case at all. Its not friends that keep you healthy its you who has to exercises and eat well to do that all by yourself. I do agree that social media is bad for making friends and friends you make online are not really real unless you do meet up in person which is highly unlikely.
The point about small always electing a leading without knowing it sometimes hit me hard. Even in seem friend groups I am in there is always one bossy person who takes over everything. I do not know why others let therm . It is probably because we just want Friends and dont want to speak out in fear of getting ditched and being left alone in this world.
This article was kind of wrong in so many things as it generalized people and did not think of anyone outside the normal
http://www.lostgarden.com/link to article
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