FACEBOOK and other social network sites: Are they a turn on or a turn off ?
Okay, this rather come across as biased more than objective however, I’ll do my best.
I appreciate how much of a use Facebook is to get in contact with people who you’ve lost touch with for a number of years. I also see the benefit of chatting away in the comfort of your living room with a bottle of wine, and some munchies when your friend could be living long distance and that it could be raining outside or something. Finally, I think it’s a great mechanism to raise awareness of any important news, issue invitations or just simply share thoughts.
However taking on board all the idealogies and the proven benefits, like anything, Facebook is abused and you hear lots of unpleasant stories about it. For example, people stalking people, arranging fights, setting up hate pages and so on.
Then you have the attention-seeking types both male and female who post every other though on their status and news feeds – even if they’ve visited the toilet or had a haircut !!
Females tend to be posting their entire picture gallery of every guy they have kissed or ever exit of a nightclub they’ve stumbled out of drunk !
It’s almost like they’re in their own world – virtual ! They want to be celebrities by having these 500 imaginary friends or people that they’ve just never met or not likely to meet.
What’s that all about ?
There are those that perceive facebook as a necessity and like their mobile phone, can’t live without going on there !
I have photos of myself, not that many, but a few precious ones. I also as a hobby and something that I would love to do as a past time, wear nice clothes and have photos taken – even ones of me for when I lose a few pounds and become a lot more toned and healthy.
I know I don’t have a lot of friends, so one could argue that my resentment of facebook could be partly down to the fact that I wouldn’t really have anybody I could share my profile with.
But above all, I just don’t see the phenomenon that’s generated out of these social networking sites.
I want to be with people in flesh. I want to meet them, do things and share good times – that’s more of pleasure and of a meaning to me. I’d much rather that I treated a girl by buying her flowers, taking her out, treating her to a nice meal and just sharing the fresh air than to constantly be online.
I guess it’s down to everything in moderation, but I just think people out there take FACEBOOK a little too far
Thoughts guys ?
I agree, some people put everything onto Facebook. I use mine to boost my career by discussing the research I have conducted on workplace bullying. I never put my social life on there, but there are hundreds of pictures of my cat and country scenes. Facebook can destroy relationships and even careers, especially if people put their drunken/naked photographs on there. My cousin who works in health and safety for a large Australian company has rejected prospective employees for posting naked pics of themselves online. In addition to this, I have given some of my friends lessons on the art of internet stalking (using their own names) and they were amazed with what came up!! You will get some info on me, but not all such as who my crush is…the internet is a very public place. However, I wouldn’t mind being stalked by someone nice…..(my crush).
August 2nd, 2010 at 3:20 pm
You have hit the nail right on the head.
Social sites have destroyed the fabrication of Society. No one now meets intimately. It’s all done shut away in your bedroom or where ever, all hours of the night and day. Look at the number of man hours lost at work because of them.
They have caused more mistrust and breakdowns and divorces in relationships since they have been around than the previous 1,000 years! Everyone is spying on everyone else and trying to get one over them.
I tried Face Book a few years back. Had it for a week and got fed up with the moronic crap that I deleted everything and disabled the account. Never been back since!
No as far as I’m concerned they can keep them, I don’t want to know. I want to talk to people face to face over a drink not through a keyboard.
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August 2nd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Well, the internet is a great place to get information. You can look up your favorite celeb or band without having to go pick up one of those teeny magazines. Facebook lets people connect with their friends or even their favorite celeb’s page to see what’s going on with them.
Funny thing is, most people find Facebook and MySpace as normal and spend hours a day playing the games on there, yet these are the same people who made fun of folks like me who play MMORPGs which is in a way the same thing; social networking.
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August 2nd, 2010 at 4:54 pm
i agree. be it twitter or facebook or anything else, people just want to reach out to the world even for the stupidest thing in this entire world. it’s like stalking yourself. it’s cool if you have a great social life, go to parties on regular basis, are extremely hot and want to flaunt your money, but c’mon nobody actually wants to see your snaps in the first place until and unless you aren’t there yourself in it. people have started to judge others by the number of friends they have or how many pictures they are tagged in. now nobody actually click pictures for memories, they do it for facebook. they try to pretend what they are not and it’s irritating to be honest. even i do have a fb account and do have friends and a fine social life, but seriously, i’m totally against this senseless trend of social networking. there are million other ways to be in touch with people.
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August 2nd, 2010 at 5:40 pm
I agree, some people put everything onto Facebook. I use mine to boost my career by discussing the research I have conducted on workplace bullying. I never put my social life on there, but there are hundreds of pictures of my cat and country scenes. Facebook can destroy relationships and even careers, especially if people put their drunken/naked photographs on there. My cousin who works in health and safety for a large Australian company has rejected prospective employees for posting naked pics of themselves online. In addition to this, I have given some of my friends lessons on the art of internet stalking (using their own names) and they were amazed with what came up!! You will get some info on me, but not all such as who my crush is…the internet is a very public place. However, I wouldn’t mind being stalked by someone nice…..(my crush).
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