Technically, it is day three but since I didn't start until the second day of February, it is day two. Seven responses regarding the two facts that I posted yesterday. Six comments out of 109 friends!? Interesting. I posted another "about me" comment about an hour ago and have had four comments. The day is still young. Maybe as the days go on, more people will get curious. Yeah.....I don't see that happening. I am still struggling with why I am on facebook in the first place. It isn't like I hang out with most of the people on my friend list. I do have family on my list so of course that is worth being a member but why do people friend someone? It's been awhile but there was a posting from someone commenting on how they were going to delete some people because they didn't respond to messages. I found it funny because one of the responses to that post was that this person was one of those friends. The response was "Oh, I guess I should work on that!"
So far the things I am posting are just simple who cares kind of things but maybe I will get a little more personal. I still have 26 days to decide. What is the purpose of Facebook anyway? Do people really want to reconnect or is it a way of connecting with people outside our realm of existence? Do we really feel more comfortable telling our most humiliating moments to complete strangers or is it just because we think we may be judged by those we know and love? That thought brings me to the complete stranger meeting. I once had a lady whom I had seen around but had never spoken a word to begin to tell me about how her husband of 17 years had just left her for a younger woman. Of course she was sad and distraught because she didn't see it coming. I felt horrible for her but there was that ever so quick moment of judgment that passed through my mind. The first and most obvious was "stupid man, always wanting what he thinks is better" and then the "you poor thing" for this woman. I knew nothing of her, her marriage or even her husband but it didn't stop the brief judgments that I had. That coming from a complete stranger, would a friend have judged so quickly? I didn't know what to tell her. I don't know if she wanted me to say anything or if she just wanted someone to listen. What would you have done? I know it made me uncomfortable and I did feel sad for her. I never saw her again after that.
On the note of too much information, here is something to think about. My husband and I love the show Criminal Minds and a few months ago there was an episode about social networks. Anyway, the point of the show was that people tend to post too much information. Single women were posting how excited they were about going on vacation, so of course they were targets of a psychotic murderer. No one even knew they were dead until a week later when they didn't show up for work. Makes you think about what you will post now, doesn't it?
Nuff said. Have a good day.
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