I have a twitter and a facebook. I use facebook at least once a day and twitter probably more like once a week. When I say use I basically mean look at, because I rarely ever actually post anything on either site. I understand the sites values and why it is so easy to become addicted to them, but that doesn't mean I have to go along with it. The ideas presented in the first article I find very unsettling to be honest. So these sites make you feel closer to your friends? Ok, I guess. Maybe it's just the anti-social person in me, but I really don't care about the mundane details of my "friends" lives. I rarely see the people in my friends list anymore, a more appropriate name should be acquaintances list, because in all honesty how many of those people are actually your close friends. I have nothing against the people who use social networking sites on a regular basis, in fact I even get jealous of people who get more posts than me, but that's life.
So I read "Digitally Close to You" and then moved onto "Digital Trail" and at first I didn't think much of the article, like ok who wouldn't take a free phone for the loss of privacy. Then it got into all of the new things google and apple were trying and I began to feel a little outdated. I don't have a smart phone, heck my phone can't even receive picture mail or get on the internet. I have it to make calls and send texts, with an occasional picture thrown in there every now and again. After I read this article I felt the need to update, but the lack of funds prevented me. Money versus social awareness. Money almost always wins.
Technology can be good and technology can be bad I can see both sides of the argument, but until some of the new tech is forced upon me I'll stick with what I know and am comfortable with.
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