This was a question posted by the Venerable, which I in turn post to you. (Well, I dont have an answer to it)
Idle chatter: could be defined as pointless thoughts/speech that only stirs up our greed, craving, hatred, etc.
E.g. Gossip about the dress that a star wore down the red carpet. Totally pointless and might result in us craving for that dress, for that body, for the fame...
New Media: typically the online media that is widespread, viral in nature
E.g Facebook, Twitter
A lot of what is going on online could be classified as idle chatter. We go online to update/check our status or find out what our friends are doing at this point in time. But is it important? It seems pretty pointless to me. It could be our self-centred nature that leads us to have to inform the whole world that I am bloggin right now.
So is there actually a way to tap on new media to reduce idle chatter?
Your guess is as good as mine, tho I would like to hear your tots
Don't use them
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