Blog #8- Adbusters

When I first got my facebook it was because my friends told me to. I was never one for social networking. I still hold strong to my belief that text messaging, iming and emails are just a way of keeping the lines of communication open. They should not be used as a primary form of communication unless that’s the only means plausibly for the situation. In the article “facebook suicide” by Carmen Joy King the vanity of social networking, facebook specifically is brought to light. She discusses her experience with deleting her account from the very popular sight and personally I wish that I could do the same. But, although I love the idea of not being a part of this giant social networking movement it is still a good way to keep in contact with people that you would loose contact with otherwise. I have friends in different states and different countries that I am only able to communicate with through facebook. It provides an open platform for communication, a way for people to stay in touch. On the contrary, facebook like any other fad has its down falls. People spend hours upon hours looking through people’s pictures and reading conversations that they are not apart of. Members additionally spend hours posting pictures of themselves and editing there “about me” information to try and create an accurate image of who they are. It is a vain act that just leads people to care more about how they look in pictures or how people perceive them based on their profile. But the real question is if we create an image of who we really are or who we want to be.