It takes a special kind of person to be on Facebook. I don't get the necessity of being the center of the wheel with all of my relationship spokes seeing each other's exchanges. I mean, will my Aunt in Illinois really want to read about my weekend spent painting my boyfriend's step-daughter's house in preparation for a wedding of someone she doesn't know?
I've been wondering why Facebook bugs me so much and I think it may be because I am an individual relationship builder. I'm inherently shy and so my relationships build over a long time, one by one. They are rarely inter-connected and I maintain them individually, privately.
I have friends who socialize in large groups and I can absolutely see the appeal of Facebook for them. I haven't been able to get past feeling that Facebook is a metaphorical water cooler, where people see and hear and comment and judge others - some they don't even know. It feels like I'm reading somebody else's mail.
Here's another take: A friend of mine views blogging the way I view Facebook. She says reading a blog is like reading somebody's personal diary and it's an inappropriate thing to do. And yet I don't see that at all. I love to blog.
In the end, it comes down to the old adage of what you seek is what you'll find. Those who look to re-link with old friends and laugh through life together will find them. I think that is probably the best of what Facebook offers: connections to better our lives in business, in leisure, in expanding our worth, our knowledge, our heart.
But it's not for me...not yet, at least.
I've been wondering why Facebook bugs me so much and I think it may be because I am an individual relationship builder. I'm inherently shy and so my relationships build over a long time, one by one. They are rarely inter-connected and I maintain them individually, privately.
I have friends who socialize in large groups and I can absolutely see the appeal of Facebook for them. I haven't been able to get past feeling that Facebook is a metaphorical water cooler, where people see and hear and comment and judge others - some they don't even know. It feels like I'm reading somebody else's mail.
Here's another take: A friend of mine views blogging the way I view Facebook. She says reading a blog is like reading somebody's personal diary and it's an inappropriate thing to do. And yet I don't see that at all. I love to blog.
In the end, it comes down to the old adage of what you seek is what you'll find. Those who look to re-link with old friends and laugh through life together will find them. I think that is probably the best of what Facebook offers: connections to better our lives in business, in leisure, in expanding our worth, our knowledge, our heart.
But it's not for me...not yet, at least.
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