It's a funny
thing Facebook. The whole concept of social media is still a bit alien to
me.
It's a bit
strange.
I am not quite
comfortable with it yet. I have only recently joined Facebook and I am not yet
very active. I have only got 25 Facebook friends. I don't think that's very
many compared to lot of people. I'd like to think that I have been very
selective but perhaps maybe it's just that I am not very popular.
Of those 25
people I know 22 of them. That is I have actually met them. The other three are
friends of friends. In fact one of my connections is an organization. It is an
entity. It interests me though which is why I 'friended' it. I befriended the
other 2 people who I haven't actually met because they interest me too.
Since I joined
Facebook I have had quite a lot of friend requests. They arrive on almost a
daily basis. Some of these requests have been from people in my distant past
but many are from complete strangers. I have hesitated with most of these
requests. I have baulked. I haven't rejected them but I have just ignored them.
I have always been careful with choosing my friends.
The concept of
friendship is important to me. It always has been. Care and trust come into
play and so too does affection. I need to actually feel a connection for
someone to feel like a friend.
Not just wish
for one.
Never just
hope for one.
I need to like
someone in order to be their friend. Now that's an old school 'like' and not a
Facebook one. I haven't yet connected on Facebook with most of my old and
long standing friends. I am sure that I will at some point but I talk to most
of these people all the time. We liaise and communicate privately.
Not so that
the whole world can see.
I have a lot a
acquaintances and I met new people almost every day. I like meeting new people.
I'm a people person. However most of my acquaintances are not really friends.
Not by my definition. They are just people I know. It doesn't mean that I don't
like them but I don't think I would let most of them all the way into my real
world and I am a little reluctant to let them into my cyber world either.
I am hesitant.
I don't think that
I am using Facebook properly either. All I have done really is post some random
thoughts. Some erroneous spur-of-the-moment comments. If someone who doesn't
actually know me reads what I've posted they would probably think I am a nut.
Perhaps a bit deranged. I might be. However I don't really give a fuck what
such people may think. I never really have. That's one of my many
problems.
It's likely a
character flaw.
It's probably
why I only have 25 Facebook friends too.
I must say
though that the voyeur in me has enjoyed peeking into the lives of some of my
Facebook friends. I can see into the lives of some of their friends too. I can
see why a lot of people are right into it. I see the attraction. Technology
allows for it and indeed it encourages it. I don't judge them for it.
I try not to
judge at all.
One of my very
best friends is a Facebook fiend. He is a Facebook fanatic. He loves it. He
really loves it. It surprised me when I first looked into his cyber world. He
has many Facebook friends. Hundreds and hundreds of them. He shouts his daily
actions to everyone out there with images and all. I can see what he eats for
his breakfast. He gets a lot of 'likes'. He 'likes' a lot of comments. He is
pretty gobby in the real world too. He always has a lot to say.
Odds
are he'll have something to say about this as well.
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