I recently joined Facebook, the mother of all social networking. I worried about joining because, by nature, I am a very social person. In my mind I started seeing the hours of wasted time spinning out of technological control, my goals being side tracked by an addiction to communicate with the outside world. But when I finally joined, what I found was not what I expected.
Is it just me, or is Facebook a little silly? I read such comments as, "Out grillin' for dinner", "Going shopping today" and "Having taco's for lunch". My question is, who cares? I could see that my worries of flushing time down the proverbial toilet were all for nothing. Now certainly there were some good comments, and good uses of Facebook, but not even close to a majority.
I recently read a talk by Elder Bednar (for the non-LDS out there, he is an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). He talked about how we as a society are disconnecting from things as they really are and placing more emphasis on our "cyber relationships" than our real life one's. I have a tendency to agree. To read the talk yourself, click here.
I have come to realize that Facebook is not the mother of all social networking, but more the junior high of it. If I want to talk to someone, I think I'll run for the phone a lot faster than logging into my account.
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I had to swear off Facebook a while ago. I already waste enough time without it.
ReplyDelete"Kirk is out grilling shrimp."
ReplyDeleteIt's only cool if you tell us what you're wearing also. "Kirk is out grilling shrimp in a sexy black nightie..."
ReplyDelete"Arlene just got home from Lake Tahoe."
ReplyDeleteI've been informed that I smell like the beach.
Once I'm published and have fans, it'll be a useful tool for interacting with them. People keep trying to get me to use Twitter, but I've already got Facebook.
ReplyDeleteWhatever, Graham. I know you just use Facebook to keep track of all the ladies!
ReplyDeleteIt's working really well too, :-P
ReplyDeleteI think it has its pros and cons. Like everything, I think it's important to keep a balance - time wise. I like to use it to keep in touch with friends and fam out of state. It's more fun than just emailing. But there are definitely violators who use it way too much for the minutia of their day.
ReplyDeleteThe first day I signed up for Facebook I spent 5 hours on it (Of course, my archaic computer takes 10 minutes to load a single page). Since then I don't use it often. However it was very useful when I declared so dramatically to the world that I have MS. I didn't have to tell half the neighborhood because they saw it on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteAmen!
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