My Week Without Facebook
I really enjoyed this last week. Not only did I catch a brake from Facebook, but I really got a chance to anyalze my Facebook obsession. Let’s call it what it really is, WE ARE ADDICTED TO STUPID FACEBOOK.
Why is the site so addictive? Why am I so addicted to it? By now don’t we all know that 90% of the content on the site is all BS. Everyone tries to make it seem like they live some rock-star life, but in reality everyone is just projecting a false image of themselves.
In Danah Boyd’s essay, Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites: The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life, She says ”Unlike real life, you can totally create how you want to be. In some sense, people have more control online – they are able to carefully choose what information to put forward, thereby eliminating visceral reactions that might have seeped out in everyday communication.”
This is dangerous at so many levels. Not only can you make up your own persona, but this opens up so much room for misinterpretation. You miss out on the natural person-to-person camaraderie when you live your life on social network sites. When it comes down to it, I’m not even real friends with most the people that I’m friends with on Facebook.
Have any of ya’ll ever been on a date or out with a friend who is obsesively texting or updating post on their page? It is the most rude, obnoxious, and inconsiderate thing anyone can do. And the funny thing about it is that they are oblivious.
Overall it was one of the most relaxing thing to get off of that hypnotic demon. I actually used the phone and had actual conversations instead of chatting in forums. It felt pretty good. Now that I got a chance to leave Facebook alone, I think I’m going to start monitoring the time that I spend on that site.
