21st
It’s just sad.
Ah, social networking. It is so ingrained in this generation and, especially with all new technological advancements, it will surely only garner more significance. As with any new adventure, it is always best to greet such things with trepidation and caution. I feel that I am inundated with the world’s most sympathetically challenged, or idiots as I like to call them, fairly regularly and do not need additional encounters with these people when I am checking my news feed, or is it live feed. I forget which one is right!
I recently had to defriend two people on Facebook for postulating their ideals pertaining to the rights of Haitians to survive the earthquake of last week. And I couldn’t decide what was more disturbing, that they were treating the victims with such disregard or that so many people seconded their views. I am embarrassed to know people who could even think, let alone say out loud on the internet, that anyone could deserve what has happened in Haiti.
It makes me wonder if social networking is a way I want to spend my time and energy, sorting through the muck and mire. I like the ease in which I am able to stay informed of friend and family updates, but at what cost? The challenge is that even if I were to break up with Facebook, it wouldn’t break up with me. Several of my friends have posted photos of my on Facebook, so I would still be involved in the relationship. I think going forward, I am going to be more selective toward the people I choose to friend. After all, isn’t that the way we approach relationships in the real world?
