So, I have a facebook account now and it is eating up some of my time. But I have found out that it is hard to keep up with two online hobbies - blogging and facebook. Although Facebook does have a blogging function, Blogger has a far superior product and thus I keep my blog account.
With myspace, facebook, blogger, friendster, ringo, flikr, youtube, MSN Messanger and all these online communities, who has time to meet up friends face to face? I think society is changing where people would rather "talk" online than to go out to talk or even pick up the phone. This leads to a host of problems in my opinion:
- people's social skills take a dive and will create an increase in awkward social situations
- people not knowing how to confront people to resolve issues. Issues are left unresolved or dealt with improperly
- hordes of men and women at the computers for hours at a time without doing chores, housework or anything for that matter
- more online proposals
- lonely people being deceived into online relationships but getting more lonely in real life
Amen.
ReplyDeleteChange is always frightening. Only to play the devil's advocate:
ReplyDelete--online communities require another set of online social skills, which will become increasingly important. Heck, there might eventually be online social etiquette classes. You heard it here first!!
--The internet becomes another way to resolve difficult issues. It's about choice. =)
--hordes of men and women at the computers for hours at a time without robbing the banks, killing the neighbours, watching tv...
--the more the merrier!
--lonely people will always be lonely.
Hee.
Actually, I replied cause ...mmm... i wanted to draw attn to my blog.
Hee.
Also, with facebook, there's an option to do that rss feed thing, so all the blogger posts are automatically imported to facebook. Give that a try! =)
Thanks for inviting kw and me to dindin tonite! We made good food to bring!! See ya in like half an hour.
kh