A friend of mine posted this on Facebook recently:
“thinks facebook is an ego-driven wormhole that contributes to our narcissistic society and is frankly disgusted by it. Oh, and by the way, good morning, I am now eating delicious bran flakes…”That sounds about right to me. Until a few months ago, I pretty much considered Facebook (not to mention Myspace) only suitable for “kids” or at least people under 35. But I knew about a FB group from my old high school and an unexpected email from another high school friend mentioned that she was using it as well. So I signed up to see what all the fuss was about and quickly discovered that Facebook is the Devil . OK, well not really but they definitely seize as much control as possible and privacy / security concerns are rampant.
Not to mention that Facebook is a neo-con capitalist imperial venture. On the upside, things are questionable financially so maybe they’ll just go out of business. Doubtful, of course, but there’s still a chance that Microsoft will buy them which would just give me one more reason to consider leaving.
But for now, I’m hanging out. I’ve hidden the more egregious over-posters, results of games and farming (WTF?), and CAPITAL letter typers but still enjoying those random views into the days of friends and family members.
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