I ****ing hate Facebook. It was a good idea at the beginning, a way to keep up with people you don't get to see often because they live far away and etc. But now it's just this self-promotion attention whoring device with people creating these ridiculous facades for themselves. A cursory glance of someone's profile makes it seem like they have a massive social circle and tons of friends, then you realize they're just putting up dozens of pictures of themselves with people they barely know and they have the same 5 people posting on their wall over and over again even though they have 300+ "friends". It's like the Emperor's New Clothes.
I unfriended everyone who I hadn't talked to in person in more than a few months, and untagged myself from most of the pictures. Now I only have 20 friends and about 10 pictures :crackup: Probably makes me look like a total loser when I finally do add someone. I would delete it but I want to be able to see the pictures of me that people are putting on there.
I hate texting too. It enables people to send me messages that are insignificant enough as to not be worth a phone call. If they called me I would ask why they called just to tell me that. But since it's just a text, it's considered acceptable. It also enables people to drag their communications with each other on and on for a long period of time in a very impersonal way. And it makes social circles even more closed to outsiders than usual because it enables people to make plans instantly and stick together all the time instead of maybe talking to someone new for a change.
FB and texting are great for people who already have a social circle, but makes it even more difficult for outsiders to infiltrate the groups.
I unfriended everyone who I hadn't talked to in person in more than a few months, and untagged myself from most of the pictures. Now I only have 20 friends and about 10 pictures :crackup: Probably makes me look like a total loser when I finally do add someone. I would delete it but I want to be able to see the pictures of me that people are putting on there.
I hate texting too. It enables people to send me messages that are insignificant enough as to not be worth a phone call. If they called me I would ask why they called just to tell me that. But since it's just a text, it's considered acceptable. It also enables people to drag their communications with each other on and on for a long period of time in a very impersonal way. And it makes social circles even more closed to outsiders than usual because it enables people to make plans instantly and stick together all the time instead of maybe talking to someone new for a change.
FB and texting are great for people who already have a social circle, but makes it even more difficult for outsiders to infiltrate the groups.
