I have considered resigning myself from some of these arenas like Facebook
and LinkedIn. You realize what you have gotten yourself into when these
things happen to you that did happen to me:
1. Your brother-in-law gives your mother-in-law your Facebook connection
2. Some friends that you like socializing with at parties a few times a
year, start "updating" and letting you know that their cat has died, they
are going on vacation, or their kids are graduating from High School, they
now love mead better than beer, etc.
3. People invite you to join their network and you find they have 500+
connections already
4. People invite you to join their network and you ask them who they are and
they are not sure if you have met, but since you are in the same
professional association, you MUST have a lot in common
5. The Web sites send increasing amounts of self-serving promotional
"concerns" and "invitations" for you to be more connected. And more
connected. And more connected - so they can keep their stats up and charge
their advertisers/supporters more.
I live professionally in and out of email and the Internet all day. To start
the evening with more time staring into an LCD screen is not my idea of
having a life. I have noticed at times me, my wife, both kids and their
friends all starting into a TV, CRT, or LCD screen simultaneously for the
better part of some evenings. Is that a life? Not for me. I head to the
workshop and putter around or take walks in the woods or walk down to the
park on the river or do something besides type as fast as I can into an
electronic world. We really do need to manage our technologies better when
it begins to change the nature of personal relationships and privacy
expectations.
I really enjoy friends, relatives, and associates - in moderation. But when
they start having 24/7 expectations of daily responses, it can become a bit
much. You wonder what will happen to us if there is ever a national
emergency and an electrical blackout for a few days. I am sure that
following such a disaster Facebook, LinkedIn, and Titter will be encouraging
you to contact everyone right away. Will they be helping you or their
statistics?
John
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John Phillips
Information Technology Decisions
865-966-9413
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Subject: Facebook
A brief but interesting blog on leaving Facebook behind.
http://futurelawyer.typepad.com/futurelawyer/2010/05/goodbye-facebook-have-a
-nice-life.html
David B. Gaynon
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Huntington Beach CA, USA
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