"Not Really...Just Facebook Friends..."
Lately as I have been wondering around my usual places on the web, I’ve started to notice a change. Everything is getting way to personal. Facebook statuses read more like an entry of a diary then an update on someone’s activity. Maybe that’s why Twitter limits you to 140 words or less…
I don’t know if it is just me, but sometimes its bothersome to think about how much I know about someone who I have never really spoken to a day in my life. Weekly I see Facebook break ups, make ups, fights and inside jokes. Why are we so open over the internet? If you wouldn’t say these things to someone’s face, why would you say them for the world to see?
All of these things I think are causing a rift in the connections and interactions outside of the internet in our generation today. For example, you meet someone you like. Next step? Not actually talking again, not planning a next time to hangout, no. Next step is to see if he’ll add you on Facebook. Yep, that’s the true test.
Maybe without these social networking sites we would try harder to make connections with people in the real world and not be some consumed by the one on the screen.
I share many of the same thoughts as you regarding this topic. It IS scary to think that so many people are so open about sharing such intimate and personal information online... for EVERYONE to see. I remember how freaked out I was that people could "check other people in" to certain places. One morning I logged into Facebook only to discover someone had checked me in at school. Umm... I'm SORRY. I don't need people knowing where I am at all times. Stalker central, much?
ReplyDeleteI think people need to be more aware that what they're posting can be seen by practically anyone, even when their profile is set to private.