First off:
For a long time now I've been resisting the invitations I keep getting for joining friendster, HI5, Where are you now? and ofcourse, now more then ever.. Facebook. One of my friends put another perspective on the argument.. what if thats the way you're going to meet someone? Just link yourself to your community groups and there you go - an automatic forum for people to find you. I wonder if it works. See I'm not the socialite type. I will not go out of my way to make new friends or to let old friends find new friends and mix groups of people I know very seperately. It's just not me. I don't even know who I'd add to my list.. cuz I'm not the type to link my acquantances to me. I just find the idea to be something for those popular types. You know the same people who are giggly and bubbly and seem to have everything in common with everyone else? In a lot of ways you could say that I've very private. Hell knows I try not to put any details here on this page that will help someone identify who I really am. At the same time, I have confided to you.. the world wide web, my fears, my frustrations, my inner conflicts and the nuances of such. So if I joined, what would be there? A picture? You mean anyone and anyone could google me and I'd be there to look at and to analyze? I just am not quite comfortable for this leap just yet. Tell me - am I wrong? Should I do it??
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I was on facebook for about a month then I deleted my account. I agree with you, seriously its weird having friends, family and strangers just find random information about you on the net. Not my thing for sure…btw am I the only one leaving comments or is it that I cant see what other people are posting :S.
I totally agree with you. If someone knew exactly who I was, I wouldn't be able to put down my inner most thoughts with the freedom you have with anonymity. I use this as a kind of therapy and I like being able to spill my guts and not worry that someone would recognize me. That's just my two cents.
i was on hi5 & wayn then deleted my accounts. I resisted facebook but then I joined-it's not that bads, t's how u use it. I also don't feel comfortable with my pic being 'displayed'. Although I do have a profile pic up, I'm using my hijab to partially veil my face.
As for everybody seeing what u r up to, one can control the privacy settings & control who sees what.
I'm an extrovert on the one had, but also very private when it comes to personal matters, so while I don't mind msgs on my wall which relate to meeting up, going out etc I would mind (& remove the msg) if it was related to specific details of my life
i love facebook but not for potential thing. I was member when it was for class use only. you needed collage email address just to join in. its great way of catching up with friends n life.
I once exchanged email with a guy until he asked for pic. I told him 2 checkout pic in facebook. that probably wasn't good idea, as i was tagged on weird pic by friends and he got lot more info on me then we were ready to.
Oh well, he lived bit far and with him i was just going with the flow. it stopped flowing i guess :s he hasn't wrote to me and i haven't emailed since dan
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