Lately I've been thinking a lot about trying to go off the grid. I don't really mean installing solar panels and fermenting my own waste to produce energy (though I'd like to do the solar panel bit some day), but rather, going off the social technology grid. I'm thinking about shutting down my facebook account, getting rid of this blog (like anyone reads my semi-annual posts anyway), and in general keeping as low of a public profile as possible. I know there's been a lot in the news about identity theft and whatnot, but my real reason for wanting to become a social-media-born-again is that I feel like people use social media to broadcast their lives too much. At first I found it interesting to know what people were up to, but then it got to be too much. Honestly, I don't care that some person I haven't talked to since high school is having a bad day because some friend of theirs who I don't even know was in a bike accident.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't care about you, it's just that I don't want to hear every sad little detail of your life, especially if I barely know you. I feel like social media has brought us to this strange place where everyone feels the need to broadcast all the deepest darkest feelings they might be experiencing, and honestly, I feel like it sort of cheapens real relationships. Part of the fun of being a human being is trying to figure out what makes people tick - but you don't have to do that anymore, because everyone is publicly broadcasting every little secret about themselves.
So I think it's decided...if anyone actually reads this and is interested in staying in contact with me, send me your email address or phone number, because this will most likely be my final blog. Oh, and Merry Christmakwanzukkah.
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I totally agree with you! I have my blog so that my family will stop bugging me for pictures and updates on Audrey, but I refuse to go on facebook. If people want to know how I am doing, they can just ask. I am pretty sure you have my email and if you ever need to call me, you can email me for my number, but I am pretty sure you have my phone number too.
Lame. I mean, I guess I understand, but you could always just not be friends with people on facebook that you don't care about. But oh well--see ya around... somewhere... ;)
Well I make money off the FB so I have a vested interest in it. The more contacts I have, the better chance I have of making money. Those I care about but are not super close with I can still keep tabs on them and feel somewhat connected to their lives through their blogs. But just like a bad conversation, same goes for a bad blog post where you find out way to much info than you would care to know about. But the nice thing about the blog is that you don't have to respond and there is no awkward silence to endure and no panic over what to day next. Where as on the phone you are kind of stuck unless you can fake the call waiting beep really well. Lets be honest your not exactly a social butterfly, so it would make sense that these social networking tools are a turn off to you. But thats OK to each his own. That is what can make life great.
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