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remember when people who went on the computer a lot were seen as 'weird'?
it's kind of sad now, now the former and current 'popular kids' dominate social media, being so public about their lives and carefree. i go on the internet to escape that bullshit, but now it's everywhere, with sites like facebook, twitter, and instagram.
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I used to have Facebook. If you're familiar with the importance for a profile picture, mine was just a picture of a "railway."
An unknown person with an unfamiliar name added me before, and since the name may not be familiar with me, I just thought this person might have been an acquaintance before. So clicked on "add."
Three days or so later, I received a message from this person. The message was simple.
"Why don't you have a profile picture?"
I clicked on her profile picture and saw her. Immediately I responded:
"The question is, why do you have one?"
I think she blocked me after she got the gist of what I was trying to say.
As I see it, things hasn't really changed. It just added platforms.
Before, it was gossips. Then came the newspaper on print. Then came the Tabloids. Then came radio. (I honestly don't know which one came first) Then came TV. Now we have poked the hornet's nest and internet is the new platform.
Still, dominance is so embedded in humans that the eternal search for it has not stopped. We just see it as new.
So here's my two cents on this matter:
In my time, we consider weird and different as "Identity."
"Special" has a negative, abnormal connotation now.
"Freedom" has been recklessly used as an excuse.
And "Sorry" does not make up for pain inflicted.
The world may have advanced in technology, but it has sunk in so many levels in ethics.
Finally, you must always consider yourself lucky because you see it as you have described. I agree with you. The world has finally announced its insecurity.
Good luck.
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I think all of us have fallen into the trap of feeling lame and uninteresting when we see the social media pages of others.
Whenever I get to feeling like a boring homebody, my husband always reminds me that social media is like a museum or art gallery. Those pictures are carefully taken and curated with the intended effect of showing everyone how happy and fun that person's life is. Nobody's going to post pictures of the times they spend on the couch watching TV by themselves, or the times they spend doing homework. What you're seeing is an illusion; all those happy, cool kids have to deal with all the frustration, sadness, boredom and morning breath that you do.
The great thing about the internet is that the weird kids haven't been pushed out; it's easier than ever for us to connect!
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I don't do Twitter or Instagram, just Facebook. I use it as a tool to keep in touch with family, friends, and also play a few games on line to relax. Have accepted some game friends but dont like their posts. So If you aren't aware how to screen out the stuff you don't want to see on FB, here's how
Go to your home page. Select Face book friends posting that you do not like. You can keep them as FB friend but not have to see their drama, or undesirable quotes, pics and videos come onto your page. that you don't want, you can customize what you see or don't. It'll take some time but on a post lets say that shares how a friend is doing on a game you don't like to see progress reports on for example, you go click on a down arror at the top of post on right, it's very pale/hard to see but it's there. The drop down box will have 3 options for you/
1. I don't want to see this. (usually pertains to other similar posts but thats leaving it up to FB to decide then what is similar and to not post. I don't suggest this one)
2. Unfollow John (or whatever your FB friends name is. This means they will still be your friend, they can still see whatever you post and won't know you are screening out their posts. I use this when I have someone I like as a game friend but dislike all their postings so I choose this one.)
3. Hide all from “name of person/company original post came from” Example, female friends on your FB list are really into a new clothing line called Peter Pan Casual Wear and you're sick of seeing it post over and over as all the female friends post these and get the daily updates which they also repost. Clicking here screens out only posts originating from this one source.
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