As I was reading the blog about "Intrepid Teacher" by Jabiz, Do You Love Me? - www.jabizraisdana.com, I got the feeling that this guy is concerned about the number of people that follow him. It can be an obsessive behavior that can be can overtake normal social functions. Jabiz's overwhelming need to check and recheck his followers appears to have gotten out of hand. The need to go back to the "old days" of actually interacting with people thru live communication may be the best help this individual can get.
I had to reread this article several times to really see some points. I may have been hasty in the above mentioned comments. Now that I have had time to digest it, I am going to try this again and see what differences I may have. The Intrepid Teacher, who is Jabiz Raisdana, but seems to go by his first name Jabiz, comments on the social need for acceptance. The influence of social networks has created a minefield of "like," "dislike,"and "comment" bombs for individuals on which to step in this technological era.
The author has a friend who sent him an article by David Pell, titled "Do You Love Me." In short, this article in which Jabiz, summarized in his own reflection is about how pell is addicted to knowing how many people have read his discussions or status updates, or how many followers he has. Pell defines himself by those number of followers he says.
Jabiz makes a few points in his post about the need for social acceptance.
1. Neurososis is rooted in our collective human psychology of needing love and acceptance.
2. Each person must decide how their self worth is derived.
3. I am valuable whether you tell me or not.
The social media network has turned something very personal into a public display of acceptance.Jabiz realizes though whether or not he has so many "likes" or "dislikes" he is valuable. This he says he promised himself as a child. Perhaps his strong sense of self has kept him from checking to see if I have replied.
I did reply, but as I stated earlier I did not really get the jest of what he said the first go around. I have since, and I believe I did the proverbial stick my foot in my mouth. To that, I apologize.
Wow, Amy that sounds like a really thought-provoking blog post that you had to read and comment on! The article Do You Love Me by David Pell seems like something that would be really helpful for teachers to incorporate when talking about the downside of technology and the acceptance it sometimes pushes us to seek, especially on social media websites. I think this would hit home to a lot of teenagers who seem somewhat wrapped up in how many people follow them on twitter or how many people comment on their facebook status. If you don't mind adding the link to this particular blog post in your discussion above, or even emailing it to me (my email is on my blog) I would definitely love to read it and will be sure to give you a shoutout on Twitter once I have done so.
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Amy!
:)
Carly