It's sad that, in today's world, Facebook almost dictates how most of us live our life. I know that most of the readers will say, "Not me!", but think about it. Something happens, you write a status about it. Any memorable event probably has pictures which you will inadvertently be tagged in if not post them yourself. Videos? Ditto. Have anything on your mind? Why not write a note about it and post it on Facebook? (Anyone see the irony in that last one?)
At which point has our virtual existence ceased to be virtual enough that we have replaced our lives and friends with hours upon hours of this mindless, usually malfunctioning social-networking site and its so-called "friends". I've seen profiles of people with over 2000 friends. Honestly? 2000 people you call friends? How healthy and safe is that when you have no idea who half of them are? When this point is raised, people tend to say "Well that's what privacy settings are for!" What's the point of having 2000 friends of they can't see anything in your profile? Kind of defeats the purpose of being "social", as the new meaning of the word implies.
Whatever happened to real society, as opposed to a virtual one? Why is it so much easier to interact with someone over the internet? Because we aren't afraid of judgement. We can easily block and delete someone from a website but we can never really delete someone from our lives. We feel brave when we're sitting behind a computer screen. Bravery which is inspired by, if not anonymity, distance.
Why did I just deactivate my Facebook profile? I realised I didn't need it. I meet my friends, even if sporadically. I know who they are. I know who I'm in a relationship with and I know when I'm single. I know what I'm thinking and if I wanted to tell someone about it, I could go on Skype and do it, I can call them, I can text them and ... wonder of wonders, I can actually ... meet them? WOAH! Interaction? In person! Can I really handle that?
This is the 4th time I've deactivated my account and I have one hell of an addictive personality. I wonder how long I'll last this time.
Good evening, the interwebz.
[Update: I noticed that I knew many people from all over Europe and have a few very close people to me living abroad whom I only contact through Facebook. My lovely revolution was fucked within 4 days. Damn me and my need for closeness!]
I feel that Facebook has completely fucked up the world. Now all i can do is long for the days before the internet dehumanized us, and altered people's personalities. It is so ridiculous that in a world that has been rocked by so much pain (both world wars, economic depression, the cold war, chernobyl disaster and 9/11) one man has created something stupid that turns users into ignorant people, makes non-users heavily ostricised. The world is now a nightmare, and it never NEEDED to be like that.
ReplyDeleteSo I take it you're a user too? =p
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