Now that I have written three analytical posts about Facebook, I would like to tell how it has become part of my (almost) everyday life.
Like many people in my demographic, I was hesitant to have a Facebook account. And that fact that I'm an extremely private person did not make the decision easier. I reluctantly participated, at first, because of my children. Once I broke down that wall, I refused to put a profile picture up until my daughter got so sick of looking at the 'shadow man' and insisted that I change it. This was very annoying to me because I absolutely hate taking pictures of myself, but she suceeded in getting one up there. Then, she found it "weird" that I would not accept everyone who requested me. I explained that it was not my mission to be 'popular' and have hundreds of friends like she does, and that I do not want to talk to everyone from high school or random people (I still only have about 83 friends). Very quickly I realized how Facebook made keeping in touch with my friends and family so easy. And since I am also fairly anti-social, it became my main source of communication. Truthfully, all of us are too busy to see each other as much as we would like to, so Facebook, in a way, has replaced getting together in person. It sounds like a form of seclusion, but in fact, it allows us to be more 'social' than life would ever give us the time to be. It brings closer all my family and friends from around the state and country. Now we can communicated with more than just a Christmas card once a year. So yes, it has become a "utility" in my life. Just as Zuckerberg had intended. :))
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