I read an article on Yahoo saying the people are taking breaks on Facebook because they spend too much time on Facebook. I can say that I do spend too much time on Facebook and it is a problem that is distracting me from my work. I have also notice that children younger and younger have been joining facebook. Facebook use to be just for college students, than it expanded to high school students and know children as young as 12 have been joining. Additional older adults have been participating in Facebook to stay connected with old friends and family. This seems like an excellent idea at the beginning but now Facebook has grown and expanded into this billion dollars corporation and has lost is original concept. Now it purpose is for wasting time and not interacting with people physically but through cyberspace. The article says that 67% of adults are now using Facebook, so has Facebook become the new norm?....... It definitely has.
That's all for now! Comment, Questions, Concerns?
-Mary Fitz
I could not agree more with this insight regarding social media. Too many people are spending the majority of their time on facebook rather than talking to their "friends" face to face. I think problems may occur in the future or may have even started to develop in which teens find it hard to socialize with their peers in person because they are so used to using facebook, twitter, text etc.
ReplyDeleteI know, its crazy to think that these little kids are on facebook. It has become a norm. It has become one of the only was to communicate and we assume that everyone has one. I went to a summer camp this year and we aren't allowed to have communication devices until the last day. The first thing we did was upload the weeks photos and add new friends. I know am friends with all of them on facebook, but don't even have their phone number. Its amazing how much it has changed.
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