When considering Facebook suicide you have to ask yourself what the true consequences are. For some, especially students, Facebook is an integral part of their everyday lives. Actually, for many, facebook is probably visited more times than the bathroom a day. People are so engulfed in the online entity of Facebook that it would seem as if a minor tragedy happened when they are unable to access their profile for a few hours. So, for someone who constantly comments on other's walls and updates their status every time they re-enter the room, what would the effects of facebook suicide truly be? Well, I can tell you. For many it would be a dismal breakdown of the familiar community they call home. Many students would lose the product of several years worth of social networking and the immediate social circle they have created in college. They would lose immediate access to their friend's latest pictures, event invitations, wall posts, and newest updates. The capability to immediately post nonsense on your nearby classmate's wall would utterly disappear. How terrible would it be to lose having the exact knowledge of another person's daily activities and their latest gossip? It would be like the the early 1990's. Scary, huh?
Facebook suicide would cause you to lose a wealth of information about yourself and thousands of people you may be loosely connected with. But,You have to ask yourself, is this wealth of information truly pertinent and necessary in my everyday life? Does it make me better? Is it really relevant for me to know the grueling details of unfamiliar acquaintance's day? Not to mention,that facebook dialogue is usually a pitifully crafted excuse for sub-elementary level grammar. God forbid we would call someone on the phone and actually converse with them.
There are many great things about facebook and many advantages it brings to an online world. While I cannot deny that facebook is an excellent tool for staying in contact with close friends and loved ones, it exposes us to an artificial community that, sadly, people consider reality. Real life is what is happening beyond your computer screen, not in someone elses wall or updates. Facebook deviates our vital focus on the self and directs our attention to an irrelevant array of info, distracting from the subtle beauty of human interaction. I believe that, while, we would have some to lose from facebook suicide, we would have much to gain. To invest our energy into self improvement or begin a new goal might he healthy, rather than reading about insignificant details and pictures about a big party you weren't invited to. To step outside and spend a few minutes totally enchanted by the minute details of your surroundings might be a refreshing way to start your day instead of staring at the iconic blue and white screen. I believe that without facebook people might make more of a genuine effort to stay in contact with the ones they truly care about. Honestly, for some people facebook suicide would actually cause them to make an effort in meeting the opposite sex instead of gawking at them on their macbooks. Facebook suicide might do us all some good.
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