Imagine how weird things would be if we lived our real lives the way we live our online lives. This guy is taking facebook and twitter to the real world; seeking as many friends as he can get, following them, asking them to comment on photos, liking things, etc.
Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
June 17, 2011
August 3, 2010
Off my chest
I know some people who feel terrible anytime they even consider ignoring a friend request on facebook.
I'm not one of those people.
If you ask to be my friend and I can't figure out who you are from your name, our mutual friends, your profile photo (or other photos you don't have "protected" from non-friends), or any of your networks, then we are NOT FRIENDS. I'm happy to become your friend, but we'll have to establish a relationship via some other medium.
I might feel bad about ignoring friend requests if it didn't really mean anything, but my facebook settings are set up so that pretty much everything on my profile is visible only if you are my friend. There'd be no sense in trying to protect some semblance of privacy by this measure if complete strangers were routinely added to my friend list.
That is all.
I'm not one of those people.
If you ask to be my friend and I can't figure out who you are from your name, our mutual friends, your profile photo (or other photos you don't have "protected" from non-friends), or any of your networks, then we are NOT FRIENDS. I'm happy to become your friend, but we'll have to establish a relationship via some other medium.
I might feel bad about ignoring friend requests if it didn't really mean anything, but my facebook settings are set up so that pretty much everything on my profile is visible only if you are my friend. There'd be no sense in trying to protect some semblance of privacy by this measure if complete strangers were routinely added to my friend list.
That is all.
March 19, 2008
Debate
I had an argument with myself today. I realized that I already have a facebook account, and it seems like you can do just about all of the things you can do in a blog with your facebook account. That's when I started arguing. The beauty of facebook, you see, is also its curse. Facebook makes it so easy to find out stuff about almost everyone you've ever met. You click on a friend's profile, which reminds you of another friend, so you click on theirs, and you look at pictures of them and then you see a picture of another friend and you're curious about them so you check out their profile and so on. I'm confident that people view my facebook profile fairly occasionally just because of the nature of facebook. This blog feels much more private. It's much less convenient and easy to find people here. You can't really stumble upon my blog by accident like you can my facebook profile.
I eventually conceded the argument to... myself.
I eventually conceded the argument to... myself.
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