In 2001 I joined facebook. Back then, I felt special being one of the few thousand college students that had become a part of the new social network that was to rival the epic giant of Myspace. I remember people acting like I was stupid for being on facebook. After all we had myspace so why bother. Well, 9 years and over 1,600 friends later, I found myself addicted to checking status updates and feeling compelled to constantly tell the world what I was doing. It all just became a massive waste of time.
I came to the realization that when I opened my news feed, I was totally inundated by tons of useless information about people I really didn't know [or care to know] anything about. Since I didn't really care about the info being shared by others, I was simply feeding a narcissistic need to broadcast my mundane daily activities and opinions, which is really quite pathetic. This generation is developing a nasty habit of typing every idea that comes into our heads. Also, I have made the mistake of "befriending" strangers simply because they are friends with 40 other people I was also friends with, though I didn't even know most of those mutual friends in the first place. This simply makes a person more vulnerable, not to mention quite useless for most of the time he is engaged in facebookery.
So, I have quit the facebook scene cold turkey. If you want to know what I am up to, email me. Check my blog every once in a blue moon. And if you actually want to have a real conversation, you could always use this archaic device known as a telephone and CALL me. I know, I know. Crazy right?
Godspeed,
Christian
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