This weekend I was home for a concert and was limited to internet access. I am on Facebook and Twitter on 24/7. I've decided to focus this week's blog on Facebook. It has had both positive and negative affects on me personally. On the positive side, I've been able to connect with many old friends and family members back in Puerto Rico. I've also been able to keep most of my social life organized with uploading pictures, videos and keeping up to date with statuses and posts. It allows me to network with new people whether they are friends of friends or random people that Facebook suggests. I can also share my experiences, which enables me work on my auto-biography indirectly. On the other hand, the negative aspects of Facebook are that I am susceptible to predators out there disguising themselves and posing as a virtual-threat. Even though we are America and we have "freedom of speech" and we can do whatever we want, we tend to post many things that are both personal and controversial. I always fear that "Big Brother" is out there monitoring everything we say and do on Facebook as well as other social medias because once we post something we sell our information to unknown 3rd parties that pay and maintain the site. Facebook has some disturbing things about how our society views privacy, how we manage our personal information and how we are adjusting to technology. The real problem that I see this online generation facing is the challenge of dealing with real world interaction with people. What are your thoughts?
My Facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/migvazquez
I completely agree with your post. I feel as if the younger generation is becoming so Facebook prone, that they are losing necessary skills that they will need in society to function. I think that if Facebook were to just be sanctioned off to College students, adults and possibly high school students. This would be a way to prevent kids from becoming Facebook addicts as they get older.
ReplyDeleteWell the problem with your idea of allowing only college students, adults and high school students is controlling and monitoring who those not fit these categories and this essentially covers most of the current population on Facebook. Maybe integrating some video chat (like Skype) to help in not losing those necessary skills we need? Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you post and personally i can live without facebook easily and it wont be a very big problem in my life. I've been away from facebook before for a long period when I was traveling and I didn't feel not connected at all. However, facebook addiction changes from people to people and most probably it is more common in generations even younger than us. These form of communications are being invented because as the world gets more populated and more people start to live in large cities. As face to face communication gets harder, these online websites become inevitable mediums that connect people. However, I definitely agree that there is and will be problems of people not being able to connect with each other in the real world.
ReplyDeleteAll these social sites can be great for keeping in touch with others. Not only in touch but informed about what your friends have been up to and, like in my case, know what you've missed out by being so far from them. It's great for communication but it has gone to a point were people publish everything in their profiles. There is no privacy and no filter in what they put on these sites.
ReplyDeleteYou asked some very interesting questions. However, this post reads like it lacks a coherent thesis: would be better if you could select one issue about facebook (e.g. facebook and privacy; or facebook and the waning of personal contact) this way you can carry on a more indepth and detailed analysis, instead of brushing through the surface of many significant issues.
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