Monday, October 6, 2008
Facebook Profiling
Honestly, I believe that facebook and other social networking programs are not making people more kind instead they are only making people appear more kind. Facebook is a superficial program in that all of its users know that their information will be broadcasted publically so everyone is aware of what to say and what not to say. If a friend of mine writes on my wall and asks how I am doing I am not going to ignore them. Instead i'm going to be nice and write them back because I dont want other people checking up on me and seeing that three days have gone by and I never wrote back to this person. Also in my opinion the best example of portraying kindness on Facebook is when someone reads on their homepage that it is so and so's birthday. They 9/10 times had no idea but because of this daily reminder they can pretend to be just as kind and wish someone they know well or barely even know a happy birthday just because they know everyone else is doing it.Basically what I'm trying to say is it depends how you look at it. Sure your going to be kind to a friend who goes out of their way to say hello to you. But your also thinking in your mind everytime you do something on Facebook that others will see so I might as well give a good image of myself even if it is untrue. Most people kind or not, just want people to have a positive idea of the kind of person they are and what better way then to dispaly a perfect version of yourself online?
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