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I reflected on the articles “Time’s Person of the Year: You” and “Facebook dumbing friendships down?” This is what I came up with.
Myself like many other have a Facebook profile where I share information about myself to my friends. I consider myself different from many other Facebook users since I don’t write very much on it because I don’t think it’s very personal. Since we are connected to so many medias today I think people enjoy being apart of something this big as the Facebook community. When you write something everyone you know or may not know can see it and will take a slight interest in your life. People enjoy standing in the spotlight and feel that everyone is watching your every move.
This may harm the concept on friendship since you may hang out less with friends in real life because then you can only meet a few people. Online you can meet them all at the same time and they all listen to what you say. Now you care more about getting more friends on Facebook so everyone will think more of you then making more friends in the real world. Since you now share so much online that when you meet your friends you have less to talk about since you probably already know everything.
I may have exaggerated some things I said but there’s a bit truth in all of it. So will social interaction disappear to an even greater scale, stay the same or decrease? I think it will stay the same and that people have found a good harmony between social interaction and online interaction.
About not updating your facebook so much because it’s not personal, I agree! You got som really interesting thoughts and it’s sad that some people hang out more on facebook then i real life. good post!!
Moa - November 25, 2009 at 11:24 am |
I have a facebook profile, and I connect facebook every day. But I know that it can be “dangerous”. I mean sometimes is easier to write some words in a profile than to call your friends or something like this. The problem is when we prefer this impersonal relationship, and we “forget” our friends for several days. I think your thoughts are interesting.
Alim09ap - November 25, 2009 at 4:51 pm |
Hello! I like your text, good expression of your thoughts! I missed a little more about the text “the Time’s person of the year: you” though. I think it got a little lost in the text about Facebook. Although I see that you have read it, it’s hidden in the arguments I think, am I right? Good text all in all!
swem09nv - November 26, 2009 at 10:00 am |
The headline is really great. all of it is great actually, my favourite post. The updating thing on facebook is so true
anjo09ss - November 27, 2009 at 12:23 pm |