I have a Facebook but only for entertainment purposes. At first, when I first knew about Facebook, I was hooked on it almost instantly. I would always log on just to see who said what, and what was going on in other people lives just to be a bit nosy, but now I am totally not a fan because of how it doesn't benefit me any. When I was in school in Minnesota before I moved back to Florida, I would only be on Facebook to keep in touch with my family and friends back home. As soon as I moved back, I deactivated it. (Only to find out that it was temporary). There is nothing for me to actually do on Facebook, and it actually absorbs the minds of many who has a Facebook account that go on just to type a status that reads..."Just finished eating breakfast, I am going to work out now." And instantly people begin to like it. Really? What is there to like about reading that? Yes, it is a social network and you have access to what anybody says from here and there, but the actual specific purpose of this network is solely designed for networking.
In the reading, the author says "I've always thought Facebook as online community theater." I could not agree with this statement enough. Everyone you know has an account, and they only use it for some sort of gratification. Facebook is not what it was intended for but yet, to post pictures and get pleasure from the many ideas, emotions and upcomings in a persons life. A person has no idea how many hours they waste each day, to each week to each month on updating their statuses. Uploading current pictures, searching people and reading about themselves, chatting about the deats for the weekend, and ultimately approving a friend request from a person that they do not even know. Many people who has had a Facebook can attest to doing that.
It is amazing to me how consuming this popular invention has gotten and will always seem to be. As long as it is still here and people are still no matter what going to participate in such, the minds of many will always be desensitized.
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