06-02-2015, 09:32 PM
(03-13-2015, 04:10 PM)Amit Dutta Wrote: The connectivity potential of the net is huge, and yet the way we use it en masse tends to be appalling and promote separation through anonymity and loose linkages rather than any true connection. Think of how many friends you have on facebook you have never met or talked with even once. Shit even I posted some good news about some freelance movie work I got, and all of a sudden I got facebook messaged by certain artists who came out of the woodwork who hadn't bothered to interact with me on a personal level for over a year, but were suddenly all nice and shit. Why? Because they saw what was in it for them now. Funny that. One guy, was actually really genuine and just offered congrats and left it at that. The others clearly saw that I could give them something in the future. So transparent it was funny.
Wow. It sucks if friendship works this way in art community. I got lots of great contacts on facebook but I sometimes feel like I would be less ignored if I suddenly reached master level and revealed that I worked on some big projects. But then such friendship wouldn't really have good foundations.