Monday, November 10, 2008
Facebook: The good and the bad
I have been a member of facebook for three years and I have never been so annoyed with what it has become since I signed up. I feel that it is a great networking tool and a way for you to stay in touch with high school friends, college friends and family, but it is getting to be too much. I do not know if this has happened to anyone else, but my aunts and uncles are starting to add me as a friend and to be honest, it is awkward. I cannot deny their request because I am sure that they will ask me why I have not accepted their request at some family event, but at the same time some things just need to stay separate. I really wish that facebook would have stayed a website for just college students, as that was the original plan. The other thing that I am getting really tired of is invitations to events. Whenever I check my facebook profile, which is a rarity now-a-days, I have many events and messages for upcoming events that I do not even bother to read them anymore. If only facebook would go back to what it first was, I think the majority of us would be a lot happier.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
I was in the same position and simply did not accept my uncle. I think the mistake facebook made was broadening the market to wide. I see facebook as a tool that will allow me to keep in touch with “collegiate” and educated individuals. Not just some person who is interested in me socially or a family member that is curious what I’m up to. I fact when facebook first came out I couldn’t join because I was not a college student at the time, harsh but it was reality. Crazy to think what facebook once was.
I agree--Facebook should have been kept reserved for college students exclusively. The purpose of the program was originally to network with those in the college setting. I personally do not see a use for Facebook in high school. (You see all your classmates on a daily basis, don't you?) However, I suppose when the creators saw their opportunity to brach out and gain more members, they didn't want to pass it up.
I totally understand where you're coming from... I've had some of my friends' moms friend request me, and it's hard to say no but I really don't feel comfortable with them being able to follow my Facebook page. While I make sure to not put anything too incriminating on Facebook, it still is an awkward situation.
However, my older cousin and some of her friends are on it, and it has provided me with a way to keep in touch with her more easily. She's works for AutoLiv and travels to Chicago periodically, and without Facebook I wouldn't have known. We've actually scheduled trips for me to visit her because of our conversations on Facebook. I've also kept in contact with someone who offered me an internship opportunity and contact, which probably wouldn't have happened otherwise.
It's hard to judge who should and shouldn't be on it, and it's a double-edged sword for me. But I definitely understand where you're coming from about keeping a reinstating the collegiate only factor of Facebook.
Post a Comment