I am an avid Facebooker, it has become increasingly worse since classes started back up, I'm stuck on the computer all day everyday for homework so at the same time I am Facebooking with friends and family. I just recently got the internet on my phone and thats something I didn't want to do in the beginning of the semester and now I have it, because thats where most of my networking, and communication with my boyfriend is done through because he's deployed right now. Most of the people I talk to on a daily basis are at work, and I always nag them about being allowed to be on Facebook while at work.I remember when people used to get in trouble for using it at work and now its just excepted by employers.
Just recently I began to notice that people status's were updated more frequently and about more day to day things, nothing increasingly important. I guess that would come from "Power comes from sharing, not Hoarding" Everyone wants to share and the more they share the more connected they are to others. The other thing that caught my eye was "Contribution counts for more than credentials" this is very true no one cares about who's posting what all they care about is how it may relate to them or someone they know.
I Love the internet and what it does for me, makes life a little easier SOMETIMES,for example communicating with our soldiers,who are 100's of miles from home and need that support. The internet has also become a problem people like myself are becoming way to reliant on it and for simple communication or just simply over using it.
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I do agree with how blogging, tweeting, and facebooking has helped people stay more in touch. However I also see the problems it brings. Many now of this generation F use text shorthand/acronyms in everyday speech. Politians are using it to influence young adults or imature adults how don't know any better than take what they say as an absolute truth. I use facebook as if my life depends on it but I find myself constantly reminding some of the teenagers I know using it to be more aware of what they put on the web, who has access to it, how it can ditate their life, who what they say paints a picture of them (whether its an image they want to show or not). It makes me worried sometimes. However I am able to keep up with friends who are over seas and its a great idea that people can use it to communicate where their is an emergency. I just hope the F generation are educated in the fact that just because its posted on their page does not me its fact and be-careful in what you say and believe.
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You make some really good point, good job. I am a facebooker too, but I try to not let facebook take over mylife. It is hard sometimes because you want to talk to an old buddy or someone you haven't talked to in a long time. I was amanized to find some of my friends on there that I have not talked to in years, some since I graduated from high school. Good job again.
ReplyDeleteAlthough these online applications make it easier for people to stay in touch, I still think we are losing the most important part of communication. The face to face, the sound of ones voice, are lost to the written word. this is were things like Skype and Vlogging are helping to bring back that connection on a more intimate level. So I guess as things accelerate toward the future, someone out there is remembering the value of face time.
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