Why is it that in passing people on the street or in line at the grocery store, we will (usually) not give an honest answer to the question: “How are you today?” or “How’s it going?” but in places such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs, we’ll reveal all sorts of information and honesty to a world of complete strangers?
I’ve thought of this several times before. The only conclusion I can gather is that we feel inclined to keep things simple when asked for the sake of conversation.
When we have our own platform to speak what’s really on our minds we feel empowered to give all the details.
I also think that usually when people ask “how’s it going” they are mostly asking out of politeness and because it’s our culture. The Japanese for example, generally start conversations with a comment on the weather, or so i’ve heard.