Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In: it's crazy out there in the world wide web. Just when I think I've got one form of mass communication down, another pops up. I'll have to admit that I'm a FB and LI customer but have been a hold out on Twitter. I can't possibly understand why anyone would want to know what I'm doing all the time. Likewise, I can't possibly understand why I would want to follow anyone around on Twitter - maybe my teenage son, but I'm not sure I want to know his every move… I'm too young for a heart attack!
Not long ago I was speaking with my cousin who is an accomplished woman enjoying retirement. She thought it would be fun to join Facebook. Her initial impression was good - but she was confused - for her there were way too many privacy concerns. She was not willing to set up her account to lock out this or that, to her it was way too much trouble.
I'm really surprised at the apathy of some of my friends to hop on the whirlwind web social sensation - but hey everyone to their own thing… some of the major complaints I've heard were privacy issues, some can't understand why every Tom, Dick and Harry from years passed are wanting to be their "friend", many don't like the idea of hanging out on a social site 24-7, and some really can't stand the whole technology thing. I think they appreciate it, but would rather not really be apart of the web world.
For me the web is such a reality. I do most of my work online, I get a lot of my news online, and email is one of my favorite ways to communicate!
AND then there's texting… I thank my children for forcing me to learn texting, because if I didn't text they would probably never answer their phones - thus I learned to text, love to text, can get so much more done when I text…
But not everyone is like that… my husband doesn't text, could care less if he texts, and half the time doesn't even check his messages - I can't imagine!
Then there's my 80-something auntie. She email's, she's a digital whiz sending photos of her great grand-daughters across the web…
She would be a great candidate for FB, in fact I think I'll set her up soon. :)
Friday, February 12, 2010
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