Well, it only took nineteen days, but my friend ***** finally took the time out of her busy day working for the government to read my blog. And she left a rather lengthy comment. So far the best reasons I've heard to join are that I can play Scrabble and find old friends from elementary school. Well, we all know that I have a limited vocabulary and since I don't even remember elementary school, I don't know if Facebook holds any benefit for me. However, since so many of you have asked me to join, I have decided to sign up. It remains to be seen whether I'll be a Facebook "superuser", but I guess I might as well check it out.
There was an editorial cartoon in Sunday's paper that showed a man and a woman sitting together in a typical Starbucks-like coffee shop. The man was using his laptop computer. The man says, "I blog, send emails and text messages, post videos and subscribe to Facebook and Twitter so that I can let everyone know what I'm doing." The woman says, "So what are you doing?" The man says, "I just told you."
Later in the week, I saw a news story posted about a woman who posted on the web that she was bored with her job, and quickly found herself fired. It seems her employer was doing a little snooping.
I believe a battle is brewing between what is good technology and what is destructive technology. People need to stop and ask themselves, what is the price to be payed for being wired in 24/7? When do the cons of technology begin to outweigh the benefits? Or is new technology always a good thing? I think the day is coming when people become so tired of being obligated to respond to every text and tweet at a moment's notice, and bound by the loss of privacy that technology poses. Some day there will be a backlash - a conscious move away from technology.
As for me, I enjoy email for communication and I enjoy this blog as a creative outlet. But I long for the days when people used to have inconvenient but close friendships. I miss the days when the number of friends a person had could be counted on one hand, and not a number on your Facebook page.
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3 comments:
YAY!!!!!!!!!!! :)
You make some intersting points, and it will be fascinating to see where this all goes. I believe the line between good amount technology and bad is a very personal one. You may have a much lower threshold for it than others...but I'm glad you're going to dip your toe in the Facebook pond.
Also...for laughs...check this youtube out, it's so cute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSnXE2791yg
Let me know when you're on FB and I'll "friend" you. I'm happy to help you learn it, and set up your security settings if you need...
PS...if you want an inconvenient, but close, relationship...move to Rochester and I'll bug you every week! :)
Speaking from the perspective of a technology teacher (shameless plug . . . http://mrslanhamtechnologydiscussion.blogspot.com) I believe that there is no bad technology, only technology that we have allowed to control us. I'm fairly connected. I blog. I have a podcast. I Facebook (now). I have a cellphone with every available bell and whistle including all my forwarded emails. And I also know when to turn all that crap OFF and just . . . be. I refuse to feel obligated to do any of the above things. They are MY technology. THEY serve me, not the other way around.
Having said that, I predict you'll be like I am with the FB. I'm on there, you can find me, but I'm not gonna be updating my status every 15 minutes to tell you I'm going out for coffee, etc. I'm just not that damn important.
- Becky
P.S. Happy B-Day Marcy!!!
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