Too much information??
So I recently joined facebook with mixed feelings. I was excited to add a few friends that I know pretty well and regularly do stuff with. I was even more excited to add my brother and sister to get some insight into their lives. However, it was with some apprehension that I watched facebook search my email account to see who else I may know on facebook. Do I add them as "friends" do I really care what is going on in their lives? I added some high school friends and it was fun to see how they are doing, to be linked to their blogs. But now I'm wondering, how much do we really want people to know about us? How much do we really want to know about other people? With my prior blogstalking, I felt that I was seeing what people I knew wanted to be seen. With facebook I get updates about what my sister posted on her friends blogs, it seems so invasive. Just pondering (I have WAY too much time on my hands on my current rotation). I personally feel I have nothing to hide, but is this like a smaller version of reality tv? Is too much scrutiny of our lives likely to lead to disaster? Or is this the new small town, its a small world after all, etc? Is this much info at our fingertips really healthy?
2 comments:
I'm with you. There is something very unsettling about "searching" through email to find possible friends. I would be very timid if my naive child was signed up. I'm signed up, but with the same reservations you are.
The main reason why I signed up for facebook was because I wanted to find people from high school so that I can plan the reunions. I do find it weird that every time someone writes a note on someone else's facebook page, I see it too. I agree that it is too invasive, and every a little stalkerish. Some things I don't want to know.
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