No one can deny that Facebook is a phenomenal success. I guess the original purpose is finding long lost friends and networking. However, it has evolved so much that sometimes I wonder if it is friend or foe.
A male friend always calls me up to test his privacy settings. He doesn't want certain friends to see pictures or information of him that would "sabotage" his friendship with another group of friends.
I have tempered with the privacy button as well. Not that I have any secrets on facebook, of all places, but I certainly just want "my friends" to see my status and stuff that goes on in my life. So, my privacy setting is always "only friends".
On a particular day, I found 3 girlfriends changing their status from "in a relationship" or "it's complicated" to "single". Then came the bombardment of comments and questions from other friends about their new found status.
On another occasion, a friend has repeatedly stated that she was feeling sad/blue/disappointed in her status. Her boss's boss is so concerned about her, that he has called her boss to see if she is okay.
Well, I think that the last example is a bit like Big Brother watching. Has facebook become our foe?
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Hmm ... I guess it all goes to how we manage these things. We show what we want others to know- if we don't want others to know, simply don't type in the kind of status that will bring unwanted contact from outside.
Sounds really cold but...
It's difficult really...then why use fb? huh...technology..is it friend or foe? heh
I totally agree with you on your view, that's why I am reluctant to add too many 'friends' who might bring the 'unwanted contact' you mentioned...
Then again, it brings us to another point of how we define 'friends', too.
I use fb as a photo album mostly and receiving and sending gifts, which annoys some people and ends up sending me a message to stop sending!! :p
haha someone actually said don't send it? hahahaha
Yup, but for me, I really look forward to getting gifts!! hint, hint...:D
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