Can Introverts Interact On Social Networks?
Social networking is getting bigger all the time. Facebook is now the second most visited website on the Internet, right behind Google. Not too long ago Yahoo! was the most visited site on the Internet. Google passed them in 2008.
It’s amazing that another social network, YouTube, is also in the top 5. And if you were to look at the top 100 most visited sites online, a good number of them are social networks. My guess is that a lot of those social network users are introverts and it wouldn’t surprise me to find more introverts on the social networks than extroverts.
I say this because extroverts get their energy from interacting with others whilst introverts get their energy from activities and pursuits done alone. While it may seem that social networking is “interacting” with others and, therefore, a source of energy for extroverts, that really is not the case. What you are interacting with when you engage on a social network is a digital replication of an individual and not the individual him or herself.
Social networks allow people to engage with others through a veil. That is not something that a true extrovert would gain energy from. On the other hand, an introvert can be completely alone and interacting on a social network for an extended period of time. The extrovert is likely to disengage and go out for a cup of coffee just to make eye contact with someone.
I believe both extroverts and introverts can gain from interacting with others on social networks. For me, a bit of both an extrovert and introvert (though leaning toward introversion), I cannot sit for too long staring at a collection of avatars. But I could sit all day and do research for content that I am writing.
Social networking has become a big part of doing business online. That’s both a good thing and a nuisance. It is what it is.
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