i went to the opening of the new york film festival on friday and saw the social network. i'm aware that it is a dramatization - merely based on a true story, but it supported a lot of the fears that i had about facebook.the main one being that it is a space that indulges some of our more pathetic, darker sides (picture someone wasting hours by themselves looking people up and feeling in some way social by doing so...i've done it). don't get me wrong - facebook has plenty of wonderful benefits, allowing for a lot of healthy connections, but it also fosters a morbid interaction among us- a false one.
my thoughts about the movie and a lot of the issues it raises are best expressed by two of my favorite people, at this link.
what i wanted to share, were my personal feelings of disgust - with the system and with my participation in it. have i committed facebook suicide? not yet. part of me is wondering if i can learn to use it responsibly. another part of me is wondering what the hell that means.
2 comments:
the concept is wrong, then there's no possible responsible way to use it.
use your phone, your e-mails to conenct with your friend.
anyway you do not have 654 of them as you may have in your fb list.
use your legs to search for them and your arms to hug them
didi you go to facebook anonymous to overcome your love affair with fb? you told me to get an acct a few weeks ago!
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