self-obsession and the net

Reading through the last post on this blog, it seems to be I sound completely self-obsessed and only talking about myself. You could say is one of the major problems of the interative side of the internet in general - social networking sites, blogs, image sharing sites etc. - in the end, you end up spending much more time thinking about ourselves and our friends than we would do without the net. I'm not really sure of my view on this issue, and it is interesting to consider, but what I'm sure of is that a lot of social networking sites in particular encourage creativity more - maybe being able put a poster up somewhere that you are a drummer looking to play in a heavy metal band based in the west midlands for example - would be great, and encourage cooperation. Another thing I'd like to be able to do is to search for people with similar interests, and meet similar people who you otherwise wouldn't know about.

Overall, I believe that where the net brings people together and increases creativity and community development, it's great, but when it causes people to become engrossed in their own groups of friends, it is less so.