Facebook

For me committing “facebook suicide” seems too becoming easier and easier each day. Although I feel that deleting my facebook would not be so hard in the back of my mind I know that I will miss my profile and the connection to my friends. Facebook has always been my safe haven for boredom. Facebook offers tons of games and endless pages to search. In high school Facebook was more than just a site to meet people or chat it was a simple way to send information. As a captain in drumline it was easy to post pictures, videos, and send messages to other members of the group with one simple site.

Although to me, facebook became a valuable tool to keep in touch with people. There are a few people in my lives that I would love to call each day but with time differences and busy schedules keeping in contact is not as simple as it sounds. With facebook sending messages and viewing pictures just takes a few minutes and a couple clicks. If I deleted my facebook page not only would I feel bored more often but also I would feel like I am losing connections to a lot of people.

During the summer before my freshmen year of college I became a facebook addict. I would check my profile almost every hour, update my status often and check out other people’s pages. Since I have been at college I have used my time in other ways. I still check facebook about every other day but the amount of time I spend on facebook is dramatically less. My guess would be that I spend on average maybe an hour a week on facebook. When I log in I check my messages and comments and then only chat with people if I am bored or need to ask someone a question. Occasionally I will spend time facebook chatting with people but generally it is to people that do not have instant messaging. Also knowing that they are online gives you a reference that the people are probably not super busy and have time to talk. I think I would gain maybe another free hour, but I believe I would be losing more. I would lose connections and friendships as well as a means of relieving my boredom.