I know this point of view makes me seem ancient, inflexible, and plummets my popularity in the imaginary polls to a fresh low.
Also true is the reality that Facebook is here to stay. That is, until a new genius social media "product" replaces it and sends it into history's sociological landfill.
What happens to communication then?
Hint: The human voice will not be involved.
While we still use our voices, can't we talk about how phony, and far away from real, Facebook is? Think about the words "social" and "media".
Media corrupts and wipes away true "social" every time.
Media inserts persona; replacing, eliminating and running away with any authentic "social" or "self" we may unconsciously want.
In other words, the media is all about creating a fiction of who we are.
"Social media" is nothing more than our own personal public relations tool.
I do believe that people still hunger for real human, and social, connection.
Is it just me? I know we can ask ourselves what Facebook is really about. Think of it as a fun question!
Seeing and knowing is not for the weak of stomach.
In the Facebook tornado, we who look can easily see---duh--- what an inferior replacement it is to real human connection.
It is not soothing to see and know Facebook as a wildly popular replacement for real living.
Nor is it a comfort to see how identities are easily stolen through Facebook and other social media sites.
Even more disturbing is how we are volunteering in this way to lose, not just our identities, but our true selves and our connection to being alive.
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