I love Facebook, but only on days ending in the letter Y.
Something different now, FACEBOOK, sometimes I ask myself, "Am I not to much on Facebook. Facebook sure can be addicting, but am I addicted? I can let it go if I have something else to do, and that 'something' can be anything. While I was in London for five days, I didn't spend time on a computer nor Facebook. But when I turn on the computer Facebook is the first site I turn on, I look trough it and when that's done I go to my other favorite sites. But I don't sign of or turn of Facebook, I keep that site always open. Why? just... to check so now and then.
I don't think I'm addicted, I do not wake up in the middle of the night to check my Facebook, or I don't rush like a maniac towards home when I'm out to check my Facebook. Facebook can be addicting, Facebook is for fun and to connect with friends all over the world. It can be friends who you met, or who you go to school with or have been to school with, or who you have met trough other friends, or who you work with, or who you have worked with, ect, ect, the list is endless. Have fun is really the keyword for Facebook, have fun with your listed friends, share things with them or join a game together, nothing important. Just have fun and keep it nice. Now I red this somwhere on a site...
Reasons to Love and Hate Facebook.
It's funny: I have some strange friends. These strange friends often find strange things on the internet, then post them on Facebook. It is usually a comment, video or news article. Now, thanks to my friends on Facebook who share stuff that makes them laugh, I get a good laugh too.
It keeps us connected: Facebook has allowed for us to stay in touch with one another on a larger and more convenient scale than ever before. Orphans have sought out their biological parents, highschool flames have reunited, one-night stands from that bachelor party in Las Vegas have come back with a baby in their arms. But best of all, you can easily stay in touch with good friends from your past.
It gives a false sense of community: "The lack of social contact, the lack of sense of community, may be the most pressing social problem of the new millennium" says Robin Dunbar, professor of psychology from the University of Liverpool states. And it's true, the world would be a better place with a strong global sense of community. While this was one of Mr. Zuckerberg's initial intentions with Facebook, it has backfired. Yes Facebook does help to create bonds between people worldwide, but it is still a much weaker, superficial bond than good-ol face-to-face communication.
I agree on the above, BUT, those good-ol-face-to-fasce communication, yeah, those, I have enough in my eyes. Like I said, Facebook is for fun and enjoy, nothing important, don't make it a habbit or get carried away. I think if you have beside Facebook a life aswell, then your good. That sounded a bit harsh I think... In the past I got sometimes carried away with Facebook, then I forget about having fun and enjoying myself. Carried away, like, my friends are not commenting on my status... (Oh, please) Or if friends talk to you first, and then there all quiet... (Oh, please) I know it's silly, right?I got carried away...
Waste of time?: "Holy crap, I just spent an hour on Facebook." I don't know how, but Mark Zuckerberg has discovered a time warp. Facebook has the ability to suck hours out of our potentially productive day, without our realizing it. I believe our time indoors and online should be limited, and our time outside and free from our devices, increased.
In sure keep an eye on the clock while I'm on Facebook, or the internet. I won't spent days or a whole morning or a whole afternoon on my laptop. I do other things aswell, lol, I have too. I have to keep my house in order and clean it so now and then, groceries have to be done, laundry has to be washed and I have work and appointments aswell. In the evening I usually spent my time on the laptop, before I didn't even own a computer I spent the evening watching TV. I like watching TV or go on the laptop in the evening, that is just a 'me' time.
Unknown friend requests: I don't understand this. No random person on the street has ever approached me and asked me to be their friend. Why then, does this happen all the time on Facebook? If I'm not friends with you in real life, I'm not going to be friends with you on the internet.
Hmm, but Facebook is Facebook and not the street, right? Facebook is Facebook, it's a site to have fun and to enjoy, that's it. Though it happens that you have a friend who becomes closer to you, or how do you say that. A closer friend who perhaps or might want to meet you in real life, that is fun too, I too have met several friends on Facebook. It sure is fun when you have connect with your friends for months or perhaps years and then you decide to meet each other, I can't describe how that feels. It's exciting and fun when you see each other for the first time.
Why do I write a post mostly about Facebook? Sometimes I wonder if I'm addicted to Facebook, well, while writing this post I noticed that I'm not. I love facebook, and when I have time for it I will be on it. For having fun and enjoy myself, and not being carried away by it.
