All the status updates, the pictures from last weekend, and oh and lets not forget about the embarrassing comments our mothers leave on our walls; these are all part of the social networking phenomenon that is Facebook.
Facebook was created in 2004 in the Harvard University dorm room of Mark Zuckerburg. In less than a year Facebook had over one million members in the U.S.! Growing and expanding over the last eight years to over 750 million users! Wait… what happened to MySpace?
MySpace… what’s MySpace?
Facebook is now one of the world’s leading outlets for social interactions; giving its competing profile networking site MySpace an ol’ kick in the derriere. You see it everywhere; open on the computer, the application on our phones, and even connected to the Bluetooth in the car! Can you say obsessed?
And with all that connecting and social interactions (sometimes even under the desk in a boring lecture class) comes some consequences.
Facebook is addicting; don't get me wrong, I love spending my hung-over Sunday mornings searching for the "lost" photos of the weekend. However, this social networking outlet is like nicotine to the blood stream. Withdrawal symptoms kick in after about 30 minutes of "no Facebook".
It’s as though we as humans have created the one addiction that cannot be cured by anything but the addiction itself. Facebook, I need Facebook! Did you know that 57% of people talk more on Facebook than they do in real life?
Speaking of Facebook… I’ll be right back I need to check mine. It has been about 18 minutes since I last logged in.
Our parents, teachers and employers are becoming more and more fed up with the use of Facebook. Turn it off. Give them the attention they deserve, then take a “break” and don’t forget to take your phone with you to the bathroom so you can comment back on that video your friend sent you.
So, is social media becoming socially destructive?
Yes…
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