Has social media ruined the nightlife?

eviltwin

I don't mind photos of a night out, we've always done that back in the days when you'd bring an instant camera out. Its nice to look back and remember the good times. Its the "I must put this photo on FB now!!" that I don't get, people constantly on the phone updating their status to show where they are, who cares? Who really needs to see photos of you the millisecond they are taken? Talk about showing off. No need for it. I was out the other day at lunch with someone who insisted on taking pics of their coffee and food to post on FB, like why would you do that?! I'm too old for this sh!t, life was so much easier when we were younger.

Mister Vain

It can be difficult to approach a woman when she has a phone in front of her face. What's worrying is that these smart phones seem to be getting bigger and bigger, effectively putting barriers between people. You'd nearly have to jump up to see who's on the other side of it. Maybe that will become a new dance in the future. People jumping up and down while holding their phones. It will replace the pointing at the ceiling type dancing we had at raves.

_Kaiser_

I am pie wrote: »

I feel blessed to have been frequenting night clubs in the 90s before fakebook and camera phones were a thing. People should be left to gurn in peace.

+1. As someone who did more than one or two silly things on nights out in his younger days, I'm eternally grateful that it was the days before everything had to be recorded/uploaded

In fact I remember a guy bringing a digital camera out one night and getting dogs abuse over it

It's the kids I feel sorry for - seriously. With even 7/8 year olds having smart phones now, it's no wonder that stuff like cyber bullying is a massive problem.
Truth be told, I worry a bit about what it'll be like for my own little fella when he gets to that age himself. His old man has no time for any social media stuff really, but there's no escaping it at that age

bb1234567

dont bother wrote: »

nightlife in ireland is'nt ruined by social media imo.
i think it's because there's never any middle ground - it's a choice between hipster "twisted pepper" horrible kips with rubbish music, or knacker infested hell holes.

gone are the days of having some sort of middle ground music/people wise.

plus, the younger generation are of age now to join us in these places, and what they do, they will carry over into their nightlife...

i still cant get over how young they all look. children - literally!!!
nearly want to take the drink outta their hands sometimes and tell them to go home to their mammy!

Nah thats not true. Everleighs and Workmans in dublin city cnetre are both good, friendly people, musics not bad, not too busy. Theyre definitely middleground clubs...and there are plenty more you just need to look for them

Everlong1

amacca wrote: »

being small,unattractive, bitter and angry ruined nightclubs for me!

Good God. Are you me ? Apart from the small bit (I'm 5'10").

CentimoSal

on the other hand - there are a few people who are clued into 'switch-off, look up' culture. They play phone jenga when going for meals (the first one to pick up their phone pays for the meal).

I just don't like taking that to extremes - as in - refusing to buy a smartphone and 'sticking with the nokia' - it's a bit Luddite.

More and more people are learning restraint, and are putting phone in airplane mode on nights out.

Yes - you will always get the zombies looking for a cheap dopamine hit delivered via Twitter, facebook, etc

If that concerns you - don't cast them off as pond scum - just realize they'll be paying for that later when they develop mild ADD a decade down the line

kissmequick

Ah yes Foróige Discos.

Celly Smunt

"want a beer?"
"no thanks I'm gluten free"
"....."


These people and everybody who remains friends with these ponytailed bearded people have ruined nights out.

dublinman1990

I remember being at my debs night four years ago. Nearly everywhere I looked around there were tons of people with smartphones taking pictures being taken every minute or less at any time I would have a dance with someone or at least try to have a chat with some of my mates. You would be certain they would probably post them up on facebook a few nights after it even though it was nothing special in them in the least. There are lucky a picture is not taken in a jacks of all places otherwise there would have been hell to pay from the people who ran the place where the debs was held.

I didn't own a smartphone at the time and thankfully still don't own because for one thing I cannot afford to buy one. They are such a nuisance when they are being constantly used all the time by people of my age.

One girl I talked to had even offered me to give photographs of my debs to me over facebook. I said no to her as my reasons were that I didn't have a computer at home but that was not the only reason that I was not going on facebook but that is for another time and another place.

Relying on a smartphone for various bits of information is a good thing. However over reliance on a smartphone or other internet devices, including constantly updating statuses on fb or twitter is certainly not a good thing for attaining vast information. It is also not good for trying to maintain a good mental health either.

All I can say is that having Social media at a limit is a good thing for maintaining your wellbeing and good health. Over reliance however is the opposite of that and should be challenged and even stopped if that over-reliance goes too far.

Mister Vain

samapple789 wrote: »

It still is just walk away from the camera if you don't like them being in your face

I shouldn't have to walk away though, especially if I happen to be sitting down.

Areyouwell

Thankfully, my clubbing years was spent free of the Social Media age. At time when people looked into each others eyes and had a conversation & had a laugh.

susanlinda823

Of course it has. People are more interested in snapchatting their surroundings than actually even socializing to the person on their left.

Ted_YNWA

I have my FB account set up so that anything I am tagged in, statuses, pictures ..., need me to approve them first.

handy for all this sh1te, keep meaning to fully close it, but morbid curiosity draws me back to others inane mental diarrhoea spoutings.

Last_Minute

There are people who cannot take a s**t without taking 500 photos of it from every imaginable angle.

As for new born babies these days, the baby isn't even born yet and there pictures of the ultrasound all over people's walls and when the baby is born the first thing it see's is a camera being forced into it's face for a 'selfie'.

I have no evidence to support this but i think the more attention seeking a person is on Facebook the more depressed they are in real life.

Mister Vain

jester77 wrote: »

Going to the wrong places OP. I haven't been to a nightclub in probably 10 years, so I haven't witnessed this phenomenon. I prefer to just hang out with friends in the pub until the small hours, and this definitely doesn't happen there.

How can you say I'm going to the wrong places if you haven't been to a nightclub in 10 years? Nightclubs have changed enormously in 10 years.