First, the beginning: I adopted facebook relatively early, (compared to other people at Valdosta State University) 2005 – I think. Many of my good friends were techies and introduced me to a number of up and coming Internet games, social networks, etc. I would often briefly investigate then go on about my day. (I preferred flag football, softball or the gym to staring at my computer for entertainment.) However, I remember when Moser (a friend from AFROTC) told me about it (over the phone as he was moving my mouse and keyboard remotely) and that I HAD to join. It was going to be huge. It was super easy and only college students were allowed ‘in.’ His enthusiasm was especially interesting, so I jumped aboard. It didn’t have near the functionality it does today, but it was still cool, and I logged in at least once a month.
Next, the now: Five years later, I find myself regularly logging in – needing to read “I can’t believe it’s Monday already!” and “I’m getting married in 275 days!” and “I wish this headache would go away…” and “Little Johnny is the cutest! He just pooped while I was changing his diaper!” Seriously? It is Monday, I’m not invited to your wedding, I don’t care about your headache, and that is just gross. But I read it anyway….because among those mundane posts are little diamonds that I can relate to, laugh at, sing along to, or, for whatever reason, care about. And…I want those people to read my posts, too…and comment, ‘like’ or somehow be active on my page.
But aside from that… facebook is way more…Facebook connects me to those who I have not seen in years, brings me closer to those that I may not have even ‘known’ otherwise and keeps me in the deep and dirty of those I ‘thought I knew, but had no idea.’
The point is, ‘everyone’ (even your mom) is on facebook and there is a level of satisfaction in staying connected…
I guess I’ve posted all of this to basically say that once this two weeks is over, I am going to start posting again. I like posting and know that a lot of good has come of it. I’m relatively careful about what I post (considering I have picked up nearly 700 friends) and enjoy the conversations that I otherwise would not have had (because I’m a little awkward in person, but that’s another post ~that I’ve been brainstorming~ all together).
As a side note, I want to emphasize that it is much harder to actually post thoughts in paragraph form as opposed to one sentence blurbs. In recent months I’ve noticed myself thinking in status updates (this may be why friends have called me out on being addicted - not that I’m always actually on it- but that I am always thinking about it)…explaining your random thoughts takes a lot more energy than just posting them…
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