As I was revising for my next paper, AA203-Language Acquisition and Development- my last exam paper...HURRAY! I chanced upon the article below in the Sunday Times, coincidentally i was covering the chapter on Social Network, which can be categorised into two characteristics, Density and Plexity.
We can consider the density of one's network as dense or diffused OR the Plexity of one's network to be uniplex or multiplex ...ok i diverged..let get back to the article.
Anyway, according to the article, two hundred million people around the world have signed on to this "social networking" website where friends can hook up with one another.
I have been asked times and times again, whether I have a FB account or why not start one immediately as almost everyone has an account now.
Well..I tend to agree with Miss Sumiko, & i quote:
' For the life of me, I cant get what the big deal is about Facebook!"
So if Facebook is God's gift to friendship and social harmony and 200 million people are having a ball cementing friendships in cyberspace, what's wrong with me? Why am I resisting?
5 reasons:
1. I have enough friends already, thank you very much.
2. I value my private space.
3. I dont want to feed my voyeuristics instincts.
4. The posturing one sometimes sees in FB makes me cringe.
5. My time can be put to better use.
All these are her 5 reasons...but I agree totally. Most definitely.
Dont I have better things to do, like going for a run or picking up a new class and make money or clean my house or whatever?
To each his own...it might build friendships, alleviates lonliness and even gives meaning to one's life..maybe ..
Its just not for me.
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