So, while browsing my Facebook today, I noticed that I had over 1,000 friends. I mean 1, 030 people can find out where I work, my favorite movies, who I'm best friends with, where I go to school, who goes to school with me and plenty more. How is it that I can have a "close" relationship with people and never see their face?
With online communities such as Twitter, Myspace, and Facebook this is becoming a common and possibly even detrimental trend. I find it mind-blowing that my information is forever stained on a gigantic carpet called the internet or World Wide Web. And I don't even care. Well, at least I haven't in the past. The need for uber fast information is an addiction for most under 25. We need it NOW, NOW, NOW! I need to know who broke up, NOW! I need to know when to buy movie tickets NOW! I need to post my status NOW! The media is our gateway to knowledge. We are aware of major events within minutes of their occurrence. And this generation doesn't want it any other way.
I have had an email/blog/chat account since I was like 12. I've always thought it was cool that I could make this faux identity, share my thoughts with the rest of the world, and have this sense of connection and comfort. It was interesting to think that people outside of my small-town reality cared about my poetry, my feelings, my opinions and whatever else I decided to babble about that day. I also think that is still why I keep publishing my thoughts 8 years later.
We are all electronic addicts with our need for "now." But, why can't we just take the time to chill? Just breathe and enjoy the day without letting everyone we know (and some we don't) know that we are. Is that too difficult. So, I encourage those to embrace the technological takeover. Just don't let it kill YOU. The "real" you, that is.
-R.
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