Facebook

At first I was very reluctant to get on Facebook. The biggest reason I jumped on the bandwagon is that I work with youth who are into Facebook. I can send them an e-mail and get no response for days, yet send them a message via Facebook, I might get an immediate response. They are connected to technology and keep up to date through the technology.

I also have a sister who works for a technology company, so she was exposed to social networks through her job. She is only two years younger, but it seems almost like ten years. She is always on her Blackberry. I try to have a conversation with her when I am visiting her and I get displaced by a text message, right in the middle of my conversation. She couldn't wait a couple of minutes to see what it says or to respond.

I know many other relatives, aunts especially, who are on Facebook who keep in touch or updated on what is going on in my life or my siblings through Facebook. They have told me numerous times that they may not post a lot but they really enjoy reading what we are doing and how our lives are going. Since we live in different states, we don't see each other very often, so they have actually become more in touch with what is going on in my life than before.


The biggest difference in how people use Facebook is some go to the site to fill time. They play games, look at pictures, check in on friends, or search for others out there. Other individuals just check in once in a great while because someone sent them a message or they need to get a hold of someone and it can be a place to start. The biggest issue many have with Facebook is the security risk. Others are oblivious or in denial about the risk. It will be interesting to see where social media will take us in the next few months, years, and beyond.